| March 19, 1863 | Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton authorizes the raising of troops in Nevada Territory for the purpose of re-enforcing Colonel Patrick Edward Connor, Third California Volunteer Cavalry, stationed at Camp Douglas, Utah Territory. |
| April 2, 1863 | Brigadier-General George Wright, commanding Department of the Pacific, appeals to Governor James W. Nye requesting two companies of cavalry and two companies of infantry be recruited from Nevada Territory. |
| April 15, 1863 | Secretary of War Stanton authorizes the raising of additional troops in Nevada Territory for the purpose of patrolling the Overland Mail and Emigrant Routes between the Salt Lake and California. |
| April 23, 1863 | By Order of the Commanding General, Department of the Pacific, Fort Churchill is established as a training and mustering center for all volunteers recruited in Nevada Territory. Quartermaster and subsistence departments to furnish supplies of clothing and subsistence; arms and accoutrements will be thrown forward from Benicia Arsenal. Cavalry troopers to provide their own horses and horse equipments. |
| April 26, 1863 | Acting Governor Orion Clements issues a call for volunteers to fill two companies of cavalry and two companies of infantry to serve three years or duration of the war. |
| June 22, 1863 | Captain Charles B. Zabriskie’s Company A, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry muster into service for the United States at Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory. |
| June 29, 1863 | At the urging of Captain J. J. Close, Company A, 1st Nevada Volunteer Infantry, and as volunteers are not forthcoming to fill the ranks of his infantry company, Acting Governor Orion Clements requests that the call for infantry companies be changed to cavalry companies. |
| July 2, 1863 | Brigadier-General George Wright acknowledges Acting Governor Orion Clements’ request and formally accepts two companies of cavalry in lieu of infantry under the same conditions previously established for cavalry (i.e., cavalry troopers to provide their own horses and horse equipments). |
| August 18, 1863 | By order of Provost-Marshal General Jason B. Fry, Brevet Major George A. Andrews, Third Artillery, US Army is appointed Provost-Marshal for the Territory of Nevada. |
| August 23, 1863 | Captain Noyes Baldwin’s Company B, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry muster into service for the United States at Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory. |
| September 18, 1863 | Captain Henry C. Johnson’s Company C, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry muster into service for the United States at Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory. |
| September 29, 1863 | By Headquarters Department of the Pacific, Special Order No. 223 Captain Charles B. Zabriskie’s Company A and Captain Noyes Baldwin’s Company B, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry are transferred to Camp Douglas, Utah Territory, District of Utah. |
| October, 1863 | Captain Milo George’s Company D, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry, muster into service for the United States at Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory. |
| October 19, 1863 | By Headquarters Department of the Pacific, Special Order No. 228 a detachment of Company C, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry consisting of 1 lieutenant, 3 non-commissioned officers and 23 privates are dispatched to Camp Smoke Creek, Nevada Territory. |
| October 28, 1863 | Governor James W. Nye telegraphs Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton asking if he will accept a company of Nevada volunteers for service in the East; arriving in New York at their own expense. |
| October 31, 1863 | Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton acknowledges Governor James W. Nye’s telegraph of October 28th stating that he will accept a company of volunteers if they are sent to Salt Lake, Utah Territory. |
| November 5, 1863 | Governor James W. Nye requests Brigadier-General George Wright to furnish sixty stand of arms and accoutrements for Captain Thomas G. Murphy’s Washoe Guards, a newly formed militia company. |
| November 10, 1863 | Governor James W. Nye’s request of November 5th is approved by Brigadier General George Wright. Arms and accoutrements are issued to the Washoe Guards from the supply maintained at Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory. |
| November 12, 1863 | Governor James W. Nye informs Brigadier-General George Wright of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanford’s willingness to accept volunteers for service on the western coast and inquires how many more companies Brigadier-General George Wright will accept for service. |
| November 17, 1863 | By War Department, Special Order No. 510 Adjutant-General’s Office, Brigadier-General John S. Mason, US Volunteers, is assigned Provost-Marshal for the Territory of Nevada relieving Brevet Major George A. Andrews. By the same order, Brigadier-General John S. Mason is also assigned as Superintendent of Volunteer Recruiting Service for the Territory of Nevada. |
| November 21, 1863 | Captain Charles B. Zabriskie’s Company A and Captain Noyes Baldwin’s Company B, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry arrive at Camp Douglas, Utah Territory, District of Utah. |
| November 30, 1863 | Governor James W. Nye requests Brigadier-General George Wright to furnish eighty stand of arms and accoutrements to Captain W. E. Melville’s The National Guards; a newly formed militia company from Virginia City. |
| December 5, 1863 | Governor James W. Nye calls for volunteers to fill two companies of cavalry and one regiment of infantry. |
| December 9, 1863 | Brigadier-General George Wright, in reply to Governor James W. Nye’s requests of November 12th, states "I will accept and muster into the service of the United States for the Territory of Nevada one complete regiment of infantry." He further indicates that he will provide the necessary supplies of clothing and subsistence as well as arms and accoutrements from Benicia Arsenal. |
| December 10, 1863 | Brigadier-General George Wright informs Governor James W. Nye that after the four companies of cavalry already called for are mustered into service, he will accept two more companies of cavalry. |
| December 12, 1863 | In response to Major Charles McDermit’s inquiry regarding Governor James W. Nye’s call for a regiment of infantry and two troops of cavalry, Lieutenant-Colonel Richard C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Pacific, telegraphs that "the staff departments at these headquarters will be instructed to see that the necessary supplies are thrown forward to Fort Churchill. As the companies are mustered in they will be cheaply hutted at that post. In addition to this, the quartermaster's department will send you a supply of tents for a regiment of infantry and two squadrons of cavalry. Lumber will also be supplied for flooring the tents and making the men as comfortable as possible." |
| March 18, 1864 | Captain A. A. C. Williams is promoted to major. |
| March 29, 1864 | Department of the Pacific, Special Orders No. 66 establishes headquarters, 1st Battalion Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry, Major A. A. C. Williams commanding, at Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory. |
| March 30, 1864 | Captain Charles B. Zabriskie’s Company A, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry, is ordered to patrol the Unitah Valley, Utah Territory and then report for duty with the Commanding Officer, Fort Bridger, Dakota Territory on or about July 31, 1864. |
| April 5, 1864 | Major A. A. C. Williams is promoted to lieutenant-colonel. |
| April 8, 1864 | Captain Milo George, Company D, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry, is promoted to major. |
| April 9, 1864 | First Lieutenant Almond B. Wells, Company A, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry, is promoted to captain. |
| April 11, 1864 | Major Charles McDermit, commanding Fort Churchill, requests authorization to send a detachment consisting of 1 commissioned officer, 2 non-commissioned officers, and 25 privates to Virginia City to act in concert with the provost-marshal. The detachment’s office would also serve as recruiting office for the Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry regiment. |
| April 14, 1864 | Department of the Pacific, Special Orders No. 80 directs Lieutenant-Colonel A. A. C. Williams to transfer his headquarters, 1st Battalion Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry to Camp Douglas, Utah Territory. |
| April 30, 1864 | Major Milo George relinquishes command of Company D, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry and is assigned as Assistant Adjutant-General Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory. |
| Captain Robert C. Payne’s Company E, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry muster into service for the United States at Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory. | |
| Captain Joe W. Calder’s Company F, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry muster into service for the United States at Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory. | |
| May 1, 1864 | Captain Almond B. Wells assumes command of Company D, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry. |
| May 2, 1864 | Captain Almond B. Wells’ Company D, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry ordered to field service. The company is sent to Camp Smoke Creek, on the Applegate Trail, Nevada Territory with orders to "patrol all the valleys on the Chico route as far west as may be necessary to give the required protection to settlers, and punish marauding indians." |
| May 4, 1864 | Brigadier-General George Wright authorizes Major Charles McDermit to establish a provost guard in Virginia City in concert with Captain Van Bokkelen, Assistant Provost-Marshal. The provost guard to consist of 2 commissioned officers and 30 men. |
| May 11, 1864 | Captain Noyes Baldwin’s Company B, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry is sent on patrol to the Unitah Valley, Utah Territory to "protect the miners, maintain friendly relations with the local indians, and prospect the area for the easily workable placer mines" by order of Brigadier-General P. Edward Connor, commanding District of Utah. Accomplishing this, the company is to proceed to Fort Bridger, Dakota Territory via Brown’s Hole on the Green River. |
| May 21, 1864 | Under War Department, General Orders No. 201 Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton assigns Major-General Irwin McDowell command of the Department of the Pacific. |
| May 30, 1864 | Captain Henry C. Johnson, Company C, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry, dismissed from the service. |
| First Lieutenant John Dalton is promoted captain and assumes command of Company C, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry. | |
| June 28, 1864 | Second Lieutenant Daniel R. Firman, Company D, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry, is promoted to first lieutenant and assigned to Company C, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry. |
| July 1, 1864 | Under Department of the Pacific General Orders No. 31, Major-General Irwin McDowell assumes command of the Department of the Pacific, headquarters in San Francisco; Brigadier-General George Wright is relieved and assigned command of the District of California, headquarters in Sacramento. |
| July 17, 1864 | Captain Malachi R. Hassett’s Company A, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry muster into service for the United States at Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory. |
| July 19, 1864 | Captain George A. Thurston’s Company B, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry muster into service for the United States at Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory. |
| July 24, 1864 | Captain John G. Kelly’s Company C, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry muster into service for the United States at Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory. |
| July 28, 1864 | By Department of the Pacific, General Orders No. 39 the following troop movements are ordered in the order presented: |
| I. Company A, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry from Fort Churchill to Camp Smoke Creek to relieve Company C, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry. Company C, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry return to Fort Churchill. | |
| II. Company B, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry at Fort Churchill to Camp Ruby to relieve Companies B and E, 3rd California Volunteer Infantry. Companies B and E, 3rd California Volunteer Infantry to take up the line of march for Camp Douglas, Utah Territory. | |
| III. Companies C, D, E, and F, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry will proceed by squadron to Camp Douglas. The dismounted companies marching first and some days in advance of the mounted companies. The dismounted companies will be mounted and equipped in Utah from the horses and equipments of the 3rd California Volunteer Cavalry as the men of the latter regiment are mustered out of the service. | |
| August 9, 1864 | Captain Malachi R. Hassett’s Company A, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry depart Fort Churchill for Camp Smoke Creek pursuant to General Orders No. 39. |
| Fifty men of Company F, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry, under the command of Major Milo George are dispatched to Dayton, Nevada. Major Charles McDermit had received a request from Governor James W. Nye indicating that a vigilance committee had hanged a man (Mr. Linn) and the Governor requested troops to restore the peace. The troops returned to Fort Churchill on the afternoon of August 10th. | |
| August 16, 1864 | By order of Major-General Irwin McDowell, commanding the Department of the Pacific, the provost-guard at Virginia City is replaced by 25 enlisted Nevada Cavalry soldiers. These soldiers (selected by Major McDermit) are exempt from the provisions of General Orders No. 39. |
| August 29, 1864 | Captain Henry C. Johnson’s Company C, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry, and Captain Joe W. Calder’s Company F, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry depart Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory for Camp Douglas, Utah Territory under General Orders No. 39. |
| August 30, 1864 | Major Milo George is ordered, under Special Orders No. 189 to depart Fort Churchill with the last company of Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry to depart for Camp Douglas, Utah Territory under General Orders No. 39. |
| September 4, 1864 | Major Charles McDermit dispatches an additional 50 enlisted men from Company E, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry to Virginia City to serve as provost-guard. This is necessitated by a request from Governor James W. Nye due to the disturbances and fires occurring in that city. |
| September 5, 1864 | Under Post Orders No. 96, Captain George A. Thurston’s Company B, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry, depart Fort Churchill for Fort Ruby, Nevada Territory at 5 a.m. in accordance with Special Orders No. 39. |
| September 13, 1864 | On inquiry of Brigadier General George Wright, Major Charles McDermit reports that he has issued 380 muskets and accouterments to Nevada militia as requested by Governor James W. Nye. He also reports that Governor James W. Nye has made a demand for an additional 200 muskets and accoutrements for issue to Nevada militia which Major Charles McDermit will not release without written authorization from the commanding general. In his report, Major Charles McDermit also indicates that Governor James W. Nye insists that rifles, not muskets, are to be issued to Nevada militia as these were the weapons he secured from Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, in 1863, and that Governor James W. Nye now believes the arms are located at Benicia Arsenal. Major Charles McDermit goes on to report that there are presently 240 muskets and accouterments, 108 percussion rifles, 85 Starr pistols, and 120,000 ball cartridges in the post arsenal at Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory. |
| September 18, 1864 | In a letter to Governor James W. Nye, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton writes "The arms requested by you when in Washington, to wit, three mountain howitzers and 1,000 Springfield muskets, were issued by the Ordnance Bureau pursuant to my order. Neither this Department nor the Ordnance Bureau has any information showing the stoppage of the arms at Benicia, and such stoppage, if it has been made, is unauthorized. The commanding officer at Benicia has been telegraphed upon the subject, and to forward them immediately. When they arrive you are authorized to issue them to your militia as you think most expedient for the service." |
| September 21, 1864 | Governor James W. Nye, in a letter to Major-General Irwin McDowell, requests a meeting to discuss the movement of troops out of Nevada Territory and the shipment of arms from Benicia Arsenal. Major-General Irwin McDowell replies that he is presently unable to meet with Governor James W. Nye at this time but will do so at the earliest convenience and orders Major Charles McDermit to halt all movement of all troops from Nevada Territory. |
| September 22, 1864 | Brigadier-General P. Edward Connor, commanding the District of Utah, requests Brigadier General George Wright send a cavalry detachment from Fort Churchill to Austin, Nevada Territory as soon as possible to secure that area against southern sympathizers. The request is based on a letter received from citizens of Austin, and confirmed by separate letter received from Captain George A. Thurston, Company B, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry, having passed through Austin on September 18th on his march to Fort Ruby. Brigadier-General P. Edward Connor indicates that the detachment should be prepared to stay in the area permanently and that he has no troops available for such an undertaking. |
| September 24, 1864 | Governor James W. Nye requests Major Charles McDermit send two companies of cavalry to Virginia City to put down a revolt of the Miner’s League. Major Charles McDermit replies that he is under strict orders not to move troops without the expressed written authorization from Brigadier-General George Wright, commanding District of California, and therefore is unable to comply with Governor James W. Nye’s request. |
| September 25, 1864 | Governor James W. Nye forwards a telegram to Major Charles McDermit from Brigadier-General George Wright ordering two companies of cavalry to Virginia City, Nevada Territory as request by Governor James W. Nye for a period of two days. |
| September 26, 1864 | Under Post Orders No. 106 Major Charles McDermit orders Captain Almond B. Wells’ Company D , 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry and Captain Robert C. Payne’s Company E, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry, under the command of Major Milo George to Virginia City with three days rations. Upon his arrival, Major Milo George is to report to Governor James W. Nye for instructions. |
| October 3, 1864 | Brigadier-General George Wright receives a report indicating that Companies D and E, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry are returned to Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory. |
| October 5, 1864 | Major-General Irwin McDowell telegraphs Governor James W. Nye, Brigadier-General George Wright, and Major Charles McDermit informing them of a report he received concerning planned riots in Virginia City this evening. He orders Major Charles McDermit to take what ever steps are necessary to preserve the peace and comply with orders received from Governor James W. Nye and Brigadier-General George Wright. Major Charles McDermit sends Captain Almond B. Wells’ Company D, 1st Nevada Volunteer Cavalry to Virginia City, Nevada Territory. |
| October 6, 1864 | Governor James W. Nye telegraphs Major-General Irwin McDowell that the troops from Fort Churchill have arrived in Virginia City. He further requests that they remain there until the trouble is over. |
| October 8, 1864 | Major Charles McDermit receives orders from Lieutenant-Colonel Richard C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Pacific, to keep Captain Almond B. Wells’ Company D, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry in Virginia City until an assessment of the situation is made by Major-General Irwin McDowell, who is presently on his way to meet with Governor James W. Nye. |
| October 11, 1864 | Lieutenant-Colonel A. A. C. Williams, Commander, 1st Battalion Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry, is relieved as Commanding Officer, Fort Bridger, Dakota Territory, by Major John M. O’Neill, 2nd California Volunteer Cavalry under District of Utah Special Orders No. 79. Lieutenant-Colonel A. A. C. Williams is ordered to return his headquarters, 1st Battalion Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry to Camp Douglas, Utah Territory by Brigadier-General P. Edward Connors. |
| October 13, 1864 | With authorization of the War Department, Major General Irwin McDowell formerly requests that Governor James W. Nye, as expeditiously as possible, finish recruiting infantry companies and combine them with those already mustered into service to form a complete regiment. |
| October 19, 1864 | By Department of the Pacific, Special Orders No. 224 Major Milo George is ordered to "take one company Nevada Territory Cavalry and encamp at a point selected by him for the winter in the vicinity of Carson City, Nevada Territory. He will take from Fort Churchill the necessary paulins for protecting Government stores, implements for getting out timber, and two hospital tents". |
| October 26, 1864 | Upon receipt of a telegram forwarded by Major Charles McDermit from the citizens of Susanville, California, Brigadier-General George Wright requests authorization to return Captain Malachi R. Hassett’s Company A, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry to Fort Churchill. It is reported that the command is nearly out of rations and it is the opinion of Brigadier-General George Wright that all disposable troops on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada may be needed near Virginia City, Nevada Territory. |
| October 28, 1864 | Brigadier-General Wright’s request of October 26th is approved by Major-General Irwin McDowell and Captain Malachi R. Hassett’s Company A, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry is ordered withdrawn to Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory. |
| November 7, 1864 | Major Charles McDermit receives an urgent order from Major-General Irwin McDowell to hold his command in readiness to move, with ammunition, at a moments notice. |
| December 7, 1864 | Major-General Irwin McDowell orders Major Charles McDermit to send one company of Nevada infantry to re-occupy Camp Independence, California for the winter. All supplies and subsistence are to come from the stores at Fort Churchill and Camp Nye as well as camp and garrison equipment. The company is to move as soon as Captain Malachi R. Hassett’s Company A, 1st Nevada Volunteer Infantry returns from Camp Smoke Creek, Nevada Territory. |
| December 13, 1864 | Major Charles McDermit is asked to convey to the officer sent to Owen’s Valley commanding the company for the purpose of re-occupying Camp Independence, that it is Major-General Irwin McDowell’s desire that he make it his special duty to see that the whites do not take it upon themselves to inaugurate hostilities with the indians and to protect inoffensive indians. |
| December 21, 1864 | Lieutenant-Colonel A. A. C. Williams resigns his commission. |
| December 22, 1864 | Major Milo George is promoted to lieutenant-colonel. |
| December 23, 1864 | Captain Malachi R. Hassett reports that he is unable to march to Fort Churchill in consequence of bad roads; that the detachment of his company sent to Sunrise Valley has joined him at Susanville; that his provisions are exhausted and he has been purchasing them since the first of the month; and that he will move to Fort Churchill at the earliest moment possible. |
| January 1865 | Captain Malachi R. Hassett’s Company A, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry arrives at Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory. |
| Captain John G. Kelly's Company C, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry, departs Fort Churchill for Camp Independence, Owens Valley, California. | |
| January 10, 1865 | Lieutenant-Colonel Milo George assumes command of the 1st Battalion Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry with headquarters at Camp Douglas, Utah Territory. |
| January 18, 1865 | Captain Malachi R. Hassett resigns his commission. |
| January 20, 1865 | First Lieutenant William Wallace, Company C, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry, is promoted to captain. |
| February 1, 1865 | Captain William Wallace assumes command of Company A, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry. |
| February 10, 1865 | Newly elected Governor Henry G. Blasdel submits a request to Major General Irwin McDowell, commanding Department of the Pacific, for the issue of 300 stand of infantry arms and accoutrements for the newly formed militia companies at Austin, "The Lander Blues", and in Lander and Nye counties. The Governor reports that Major Charles McDermit, commanding Fort Churchill, has 300 stand of arms available for issue if so authorized by the commanding general. |
| February 17, 1865 | War Department General Orders No. 23 transfers the Territory of Utah and that portion of the Territory of Nebraska west of the twenty-seventh degree longitude to the Department of Missouri. |
| February 21, 1865 | First Lieutenant Joseph H. Mathewson, Company B, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry, is promoted to captain. |
| February 28, 1865 | With the transfer of the District of Utah to the Department of Missouri, Camp Ruby, and all troops in Nevada Territory are transferred to the District of California, by order of Brigadier-General George Wright. |
| March 3, 1865 | Major Charles McDermit, commanding Fort Churchill, is given command of the Sub-District of Nevada by order of Major-General Irwin McDowell, commanding Department of the Pacific. |
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| March 12, 1865 | The citizens of Dun Glen make a formal request for troops. Brigadier-General George Wright forwards the request on to Major Charles McDermit with the stipulation that the troops be mounted and the post a non-permanent camp. |
| March 13, 1865 | Captain John G. Kelly’s Company C, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry departs Camp Independence to put down an indian disturbance at Owen’s Lake. |
| March 14, 1865 | Major Charles McDermit sends Captain Almond B. Wells’ Company D, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry to Pyramid Lake to put down an indian disturbance. |
| March 16, 1865 | Major Charles McDermit sends Captain William Wallace’s Company A, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry (35 men) and a detachment of Company E, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry (50 men) under First Lieutenant William Clark to Walker Lake to capture indians who murdered two white men. |
| March 19, 1865 | Captain William Wallace’s Company A, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry and the detachment of Company E, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry return to Fort Churchill with 2 indian prisoners. |
| March 20, 1865 | Captain Almond B. Wells’ Company D, 1st Nevada Cavalry return to Fort Churchill. |
| A detachment of cavalry, under Second Lieutenant Joel Wolverton, Company D, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry is sent to Dun Glen on orders of Major Charles McDermit. | |
| March 21, 1865 | Captain Noyes Baldwin, Company B, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry, is promoted to major. |
| Captain Joseph H. Mathewson assumes command of Company B, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry. | |
| March 31, 1865 | Major Noyes Baldwin is assigned Field Command, 1st Battalion of Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry by order of Lieutenant-Colonel Milo George. |
| April 5, 1865 | The detachment of Company D, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry under Second Lieutenant Joel Wolverton arrives at Dun Glen, Humboldt County, Nevada Territory. |
| April 6, 1865 | Major Charles McDermit receives reports of indian raids from Star City, Unionville, and Paradise Valley, Nevada Territory. |
| Major Charles McDermit issues Special Orders No. 4, whereby Captain R. C. Payne, commanding Camp Nye, is to fully equip 100 men from companies D and E, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry and place them under the command of Captain Almond B. Wells. Captain Almond B. Wells, with his command, is then to proceed to Fort Churchill on the morning of April 7th and report to Major Charles McDermit for instructions. Captain Almond B. Wells is then to proceed to Star City, Humboldt County on orders to protect the settlers and all persons against hostile indian attacks. | |
| April 7, 1865 | Second Lieutenant Joel Wolverton sends a dispatch to Major Charles McDermit confirming the massacre at Paradise Valley. Lieutenant Joel Wolverton reports that he has attacked a small band of Shoshones killing five and is now camped on the Humboldt River twenty-five miles northeast of Star City. He requests more troops be sent to the area. |
| April 8, 1865 | Headquarters District of the Plains, General Orders No. 4 re-designates the Territory of Utah to be known as the West Sub-District of the Plains, headquarters at Camp Douglas, Utah Territory; Lieutenant-Colonel Milo George, 1st Battalion Nevada Territory Cavalry, commanding. |
| April 10, 1865 | In a letter to Colonel Richard C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant-General Department of the Pacific, Brigadier-General George Wright explains why, in 1863, he did not throw forward the arms and equipments which were invoiced to the commanding officer Fort Churchill from the Watervliet Arsenal embracing 1,000 Springfield rifle muskets, 75 Sharps carbines, and 3 mountain howitzers, when they arrived at Benicia Arsenal. It is Brigadier-General George Wright’s contention that since the invoice was not specially marked for Governor James W. Nye, Nevada Territory, it would not have been prudent of him to release these arms and equipments from his control. |
| April 13, 1865 | Brigadier-General George Wright formerly approves the actions taken by Major Charles McDermit in subduing the indian uprisings in Nevada Territory and authorizes him to pursue the indians beyond the confines of the Sub-District of Nevada should Major Charles McDermit deem that action necessary. |
| April 14, 1865 | Major Noyes Baldwin assigned command of Fort Bridger, Dakota Territory. |
| April 20, 1865 | Under Headquarters District of the Plains, General Orders No. 7, First Lieutenant Oscar Jewett, Company D, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry, is appointed aide-de-camp to Brigadier-General P. Edward Connor. By the same order, Captain Charles B. Zabriskie, Company A, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry is appointed Judge-Advocate, District of the Plains. |
| April 22, 1865 | Captain Almond B. Wells is ordered to patrol towards Smoke Creek by Brigadier-General George Wright with instructions to report on the conditions of the area. |
| April 24, 1865 | Headquarters Department of the Pacific General Orders No. 29 calls for the establishment of a temporary camp somewhere along the roads from Fort Churchill and Reese River to Owyhee country, Idaho Territory. The camp shall be garrisoned by an infantry company and is to maintain sufficient supplies and forage to support a company of cavalry. |
| April 28, 1865 | Through Major Charles McDermit, Brigadier-General George Wright issues new orders to Captain Almond B. Wells suspending his order of April 24th. Captain Almond B. Wells is instead ordered to conduct a survey of the area along the Humboldt River and Paradise Valley for the purpose of locating a camp as specified under Headquarters Department of the Pacific General Orders No. 29. |
| April 30, 1865 | First Lieutenant James H. Stewart assumes command Company A, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry. |
| May 3, 1865 | Major Charles McDermit along with First Lieutenant Daniel Vanderhoof, Second Lieutenant Daniel H. Pine, and a detachment of 15 men from Company E, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry depart Fort Churchill to "settle the difficulties" between white people and indians at the Sink of the Carson River, at Pyramid Lake, and at Walker Lake Reservation. |
| May 5, 1865. | Under Headquarters District of the Plains, General Orders No. 9, Captain John H. Dalton, Company C, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry, is appointed Inspector and Assistant Chief of Cavalry for the West Sub-District of the Plains. |
| May 7, 1865 | Second Lieutenant John Littlefield and a detachment of Company E, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry from Captain Almond B. Wells’ command are engaged by a band on indians at Fort Redskin. |
| May 10, 1865 | Major Charles McDermit is promoted to lieutenant-colonel. |
| May 15, 1865 | Captain Almond B. Wells and his command, 100 men from companies D and E, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry, are engaged with the Pi-Utes and Bannocks at the Battle of Table Mountain, Nevada Territory. |
| May 20, 1865 | A detachment of Company B, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry, commanded by First Lieutenant William G. Seamands depart Fort Ruby on routine patrol to Austin, Nevada Territory. The detachment consists of 2 officers, 20 mounted infantry, 20 infantry, and 10 friendly indians with 1 mountain howitzer. |
| May 27, 1865 |
By order of Brigadier-General George Wright, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles McDermit is directed to proceed to the scene of the difficulties and take command of all troops in the field. By the same order, Captain J. C. Doughty’s Company I, 2nd California Volunteer Cavalry is ordered to Fort Churchill from Susanville to reinforce Lieutenant-Colonel Charles McDermit. |
| Governor Henry G. Blasdel appeals to Major-General Irwin McDowell for more troops to assist in putting down the uprisings of the Bannocks, Pi-Utes, and Shoshones indians throughout the State of Nevada. | |
| May 29, 1865 | Headquarters Department of the Pacific Special Orders No. 119 formerly transfers Captain J. C. Doughty’s Company I, 2nd California Volunteer Cavalry to Lieutenant-Colonel Charles McDermit’s Sub-District of Nevada. |
| Brigadier-General George Wright forwards a report to Major-General Irwin McDowell received from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles McDermit requesting that Captain J. C. Doughty’s Company I, 2nd California Volunteer Cavalry move to the Pioneer House at the junction of the Main and Little Humboldt Rivers and await further orders. | |
| First Lieutenant William G. Seamands and his detachment of Company B, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry arrive at Austin, Nevada Territory. | |
| May 30, 1865 | After receiving Governor Henry G. Blasdel’s letter of May 27th, Major General Irwin McDowell suggests Brigadier General George Wright send either two more companies of cavalry or one company of cavalry and two companies of infantry to Nevada. |
| Brigadier-General George Wright orders Captain D. McLean’s Company H, 2nd California Volunteer Cavalry from Camp Union to Fort Churchill in support of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles McDermit. | |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Charles McDermit reports that he and a squad of 3 noncommissioned officers and 10 privates of Company E, 1st Nevada Volunteer Cavalry will leave Fort Churchill at 10 a.m. escorting Governor Henry G Blasdel to the Reese River. From there he and his escort will proceed to Unionville, Humboldt County where he will take command of all forces in the field and proceed against the indians in Paradise Valley. | |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Charles McDermit orders Captain William Wallace’s Company A, 1st Nevada Volunteer Infantry to take up a line of march from Fort Churchill to Unionville, Humboldt County, Nevada Territory. | |
| May 31, 1865 | Under Special Orders No. 78, Brigadier-General George Wright orders companies, D and I, 6th California Volunteer Infantry under Major M. O’Brien and Company B, 2nd California Volunteer Cavalry at Benicia Barracks to Fort Churchill Nevada Territory. |
| June 1, 1865 | First Lieutenant William G. Seamands divides his command. Taking the 20 mounted infantry, the 10 indians, and the mountain howitzer, he joins Lieutenant-Colonel Charles McDermit and his escort of Company E, 1st Nevada Volunteer Cavalry and proceeds to rendezvous with Captain William Wallace’s Company A, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry on the Humboldt River. Second Lieutenant John U. Tolles is given command of the remaining 20 infantry of Company B, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry with orders to continue the patrol and return to Fort Ruby, Nevada Territory. |
| June 5, 1865 | Captain William Wallace’s Company A, 1st Nevada Volunteer Infantry arrive at Unionville, Humboldt County, Nevada Territory. |
| June 9, 1865 | Lieutenant-Colonel Charles McDermit with his escort from Company E, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry and the detachment from Company B, 1st Nevada Volunteer Infantry (mounted) rendezvous with Captain William Wallace’s Company A, 1st Nevada Volunteer Infantry 55 miles northeast of Unionville, Humboldt County, Nevada Territory. |
| June 11, 1865 | Captain Almond B. Wells and his command, consisting of Company D, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry and a detachment from Company E, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry, rendezvous with Lieutenant-Colonel Charles McDermit at Camp #11 north of the Humboldt River. |
| June 12, 1865 | Lieutenant-Colonel Charles McDermit establishes Camp #12 in the Littlefield Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada Territory where he is joined by Captain Robert C. Payne and the rest of Company E, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry. |
| June 13, 1865 | Leaving the balance of the command under Captain William Wallace at Camp #12, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles McDermit, Captain Almond B. Wells, Captain Robert C. Payne, Assistant Surgeon A. F. Mechem, First Lieutenant William G. Seamands, Second Lieutenant John Littlefield, and fifty cavalry troopers head for a tour of the battlefields of Second Lieutenant John Littlefield (Fort Redskin-May 7th) and of Captain Almond B. Wells (Table Mountain-May 15th) and to conduct a reconnaissance of the area. |
| June 15, 1865 | Second Lieutenant John U. Tolles, with his detachment, Company B, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Infantry, arrive at Fort Ruby, Nevada Territory. Second Lieutenant John U. Tolles reports that on the 168 miles of his patrol, from Austin to Fort Ruby, he saw no indians nor any signs of them. |
| June 27, 1865 | By Order of the President of the United States, General Orders No. 118, Major-General Henry W. Halleck is assigned command of the Military Division of the Pacific, consisting of the Department of California and the Department of the Columbia; with headquarters in San Francisco, California. |
| By Order of the President of the United States, General Orders No. 118, Major-General Irwin McDowell is assigned command of the Department of California, consisting of the States of California and Nevada and the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico; with headquarters in San Francisco, California. | |
| By Order of the President of the United States, General Orders No. 118, Brigadier-General George Wright is assigned command of the Department of Columbia, consisting of the State of Oregon and the Territories of Washington and Idaho; with headquarters at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory. | |
| July 1, 1865 | Lieutenant-Colonel Charles McDermit reports to Major-General Irwin McDowell on the disposition of his command and his proposed actions for the summer campaign against the Bannock, Pi-Utes, and Shoshone indians. |
| July 10, 1865 | Captain W. L. Knight's 2nd California Volunteer Cavalry arrives at Camp Smoke Creek, Nevada and reports on the harsh living standards and condition of the camp to Brigadier-General George Wright. |
| July 17, 1865 | Arriving at Dun Glen, First Lieutenant R. A. Osmer, Company B, 2nd California Volunteer Cavalry reports his movements and operations to Lieutenant-Colonel Charles McDermit as prescribed in his orders. Here, he will rest his command and await Lieutenant-Colonel Charles McDermit’s inspection on July 20th. |
| August 7, 1865 | Lieutenant-Colonel Charles McDermit is killed by indians lying in ambush near Queen’s River Station, Humboldt County, Nevada Territory. |
| August 10, 1865 | Captain William Wallace, Company A, 1st Nevada Volunteer Infantry, assumes command of Fort Churchill, Nevada. |
| August 30, 1865 | By Headquarters Military Division of the Pacific, General Orders No. 1, Major-General Henry W. Halleck assumes command as directed by the President of the United States and announces his staff. |
| November 15, 1865 | The officers and men of Company D, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry muster out of service at Fort Churchill, Nevada. |
| November 18, 1865 | The officers and men of Company E, 1st Nevada Territory Volunteer Cavalry muster out of service at Fort Churchill, Nevada. |
| November 22, 1865 | Lieutenant-Colonel Milo George musters out of service. |
| December 6, 1865 | Major-General Irwin McDowell, commanding Department of California reports on the muster out of volunteer companies as directed by Major-General Henry W. Halleck, commanding Military Division of the Pacific, as follows: |
| Company A, 1st Nevada Volunteer Infantry to muster out as soon as relieved by a company of 2nd California Volunteer Cavalry from Camp Smoke Creek arrives at Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory. | |
| Company B, 1st Nevada Volunteer Infantry to muster out as soon as relieved by a company of 9th US Infantry (regulars) at Fort Ruby, Nevada Territory. | |
| Company C, 1st Nevada Volunteer Infantry to muster out as soon as relieved by a company of 2nd California Volunteer Cavalry at Camp Independence, California. | |
| December 8, 1865 | In compliance with orders, Major-General Henry W. Halleck, commanding Military Division of the Pacific, reports the state of affairs and conditions of the division to Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding Armies of the United States. |
| December 15, 1865 | The officers and men of Company B, 1st Nevada Volunteer Infantry muster out of service at Fort Ruby, Nevada. |
| December 22, 1865 | The officers and men of Company A, 1st Nevada Volunteer Infantry muster out of service at Fort Churchill, Nevada. |
| December 23, 1865 | Captain Charles O. Wood, Company F, 9th US Infantry, assumes command of Fort Churchill, Nevada. |
| The officers and men of Company C, 1st Nevada Volunteer Infantry muster out of service at Camp Independence, California. | |
| June 9, 1866 | Relieved by a company of the 18th US Infantry (regulars) at Fort Bridger, Dakota Territory, companies A and B, 1st Nevada Volunteer Cavalry return to Camp Douglas, Utah Territory. |
| July 12, 1866 | The officers and men of Company A, 1st Nevada Volunteer Cavalry muster out of service at Camp Douglas, Utah Territory. |
| The officers and men of Company B, 1st Nevada Volunteer Cavalry muster out of service at Camp Douglas, Utah Territory. | |
| The officers and men of Company C, 1st Nevada Volunteer Cavalry muster out of service at Camp Douglas, Utah Territory. | |
| July 21, 1866 | The officers and men of Company F, 1st Nevada Volunteer Cavalry muster out of service at Camp Douglas, Utah Territory. |
