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Equipment and Uniforms

Quake That Shook The Army’s Adobe

July 19, 2010

The army established Fort Tejon, California, in 1854. In January of 1857, the post was struck by a series of powerful earthquakes. These quakes were, possibly, the worst earthquakes to take place in California in the past 200 years. Inspector General Edward Mansfield noted in his 1859 inspection report that the post, built almost entirely [...]

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Inspection Report and Muster Roll, Ft. Tejon 28 February 1859

September 24, 2009

Joseph Mansfield’s Inspection Report of Fort Tejon Los Angeles, California 5 March 1859 Bvt. Major Irwin W. McDowell, Asst. Adjt. Genl. – Head Quarters Army Sir: On the 18th February ulto., I left San Francisco, in the Overland mail coach, for Fort Tejon,  and reached there at daybreak of the 21st ulto. , and have [...]

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A LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS: New Horse Equipage and Seeing the Elephant, 1846

March 2, 2009

On August 18, 1846, Company B of the 1st United States Dragoons participated in the bloodless conquest of Santa Fe.  Brig. General Stephen W. Kearny, with orders to proceed to California, broke up Company B and transferred most of its enlisted men and mounts to the other four companies of Dragoons and headed west.  Lt. [...]

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