California  Civil War Rosters

 

From the book “Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867

by Brig.-Gen. Richard H. Orton, pub. 1890

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler, © May 2004,  pp 161-167.


 

First Regiment of Cavalry

Company M

 

NAME

RANK

PLACE OF ENROLLMENT

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

DATE OF MUSTER

REMARKS

Gilbert T. Witham

Captain

Sacramento, Cal.

Mar. 6, 1863

May 16, 1863

Resigned Feb. 28, 1865.

A.H. French

Captain

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Feb. 28, 1865

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Declined June 15, 1865.

Richard H. Orton

Captain

Ft. Sumner, N.M.

Aug. 14, 1865

Oct. 15, 1865

Originally enrolled at San Francisco Mar. 7, 1863, as 2d Lieut. Co. F; promoted 1st Lieut. Co. F, Jan. 28, 1864; promoted Capt. Oct. 15, 1865; must’d out at San Francisco, Jan. 4, 1867, per S.O. No. 258, Dept. of Cal.

Rufus C. Vose

1st Lieut.

Stockton, Cal.

May 16, 1863

May 16, 1863

Promoted Capt. Co. H, Dec. 31, 1864.

Geo. W. Arnold

1st Lieut.

Stockton, Cal.

Nov. 18, 1864

Feb. 20, 1865

Promoted from 2d Lieut.; resigned Mar. 31, 1865.

James J. Billings

1st Lieut.

Sacramento, Cal.

Oct. 28, 1865

Oct. 28, 1865

Promoted from 2d Lieut. Co. H; mustered out at San Francisco, Dec. 31, 1866, with detachment of company.

Sullivan Heath

2d Lieut.

Stockton, Cal.

May 16, 1863

May 16, 1863

Promoted from Corp. Co. F, 2d Cav., Cal. Vols.; transferred to Co. K, 1st Cal. Cav., Aug. 8, 1863.

Charles T. Jennings

2d Lieut.

Stockton, Cal.

May 16, 1863

May 16, 1863

Transferred from Co. H, 1st Cal. Cav.; promoted 1st Lieut. and Regtl. Q.M., Dec. --, 1863.

John E. Oliphant

2d Lieut.

San Francisco

Jan. 1, 1864

Jan. 28, 1864

Promoted 1st Lieut. Co. H, 1st Cal. Cav., June 2, 1865.

Robert R. Dorland

2d Lieut.

San Francisco

April 24, 1865

June 2, 1865

Dishonorably discharged at Santa Fe, N.M., per sentence of G.C.M., July 25, 1865.

Emanuel Adams

1st Sergeant

Sacramento, Cal.

May 4, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., May 6, 1866, expiration of term of service.

John Miller

1st Sergeant

Sacramento, Cal.

Oct. 17, 1863

Oct. 18, 1863

Mustered out at San Francisco, Dec. 31, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Sanford Bailey

Com’y Sergt.

Sacramento, Cal.

Mar. 24, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., Mar. 29, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Amberson Brandon

Sergeant

Sacramento, Cal.

April 19, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., May 6, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Aaron C. Hitchcock

Sergeant

Sacramento, Cal.

May 1, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., May 6, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Daniel W. Hedrick

Sergeant

Sacramento, Cal.

May 1, 1863

May 16, 1863

Murdered at Roblero, N.M., Feb. 17, 1866.

Charles Johnson

Sergeant

Shasta, Cal.

May 6, 1863

May 6, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., May 6, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Alfred Eastabrook

Sergeant

Sacramento, Cal.

May 4, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., May 6, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Chauncey G. Smith

Sergeant

Sacramento, Cal.

May 4, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., May 6, 1866, expiration of term of service.

George O. Perrault

Sergeant

Wilmington, Cal.

Jan. 18, 1864

Jan. 18, 1864

Mustered out at Albuquerque, N.M., Sept. 30, 1866, per S.O. No. 29, Dept. of New Mexico.

John M. Ferris

Sergeant

Sacramento, Cal.

Nov. 9, 1863

Dec. 20, 1863

Mustered out at Albuquerque, N.M., Sept. 30, 1866, per S.O. No. 29, Dept. of New Mexico.

Joseph A. Moore

Sergeant

Sacramento, Cal.

Sept. 29, 1863

Oct. 18, 1863

Mustered out at Albuquerque, N.M., Sept. 30, 1866, per S.O. No. 29, Dept. of New Mexico.

John B. Reynolds

Sergeant

Wilmington, Cal.

Jan. 25, 1864

Feb. 1, 1864

Mustered out at San Francisco, Dec. 31, 1866, with detachment of company.

James W. Griffith

Sergeant

Sacramento, Cal.

Mar. 25, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., Mar. 29, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Charles H. Shaler

Sergeant

Sacramento, Cal.

Mar. 14, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., Mar. 15, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Frederick R. Barrows

Sergeant

Sacramento, Cal.

Mar. 25, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., April 6, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Reuben Pritchett

Sergeant

Sacramento, Cal.

Mar. 22, 1863

May 16, 1863

Died at Las Cruces, N.M., May 16, 1864.

Levi D. Phillips

Corporal

Sacramento, Cal.

April 19, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., April 20, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Chester Town

Corporal

Sacramento, Cal.

April 10, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., April 20, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Alonzo Withey

Corporal

Sacramento, Cal.

Mar. 10, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., Mar. 10, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Marshall L. Baxter

Corporal

Sacramento, Cal.

April 6, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., April 6, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Alexander Franks

Corporal

Sacramento, Cal.

Nov. 9, 1863

Dec. 20, 1863

Mustered out at San Francisco, Dec. 31, 1866, expiration of term of service.

John Franks

Corporal

Sacramento, Cal.

Nov. 9, 1863

Dec. 20, 1863

Mustered out at San Francisco, Dec. 31, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Ezra B. Ide

Corporal

Sacramento, Cal.

Sept. 7, 1863

Oct. 18, 1863

Mustered out at Albuquerque, N.M., Sept. 30, 1866, per S.O. No. 29, Hdq. Dept. of New Mexico.

Cornelius Hurley

Corporal

Shasta, Cal.

May 6, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., expiration of term of service.

Edward B. Wheeler

Corporal

Sacramento, Cal.

Aug. 25, 1863

Oct. 18, 1863

Mustered out at Santa Fe, N.M., Sept. 1, 1866, expiration of term of service.

David Harris

Trumpeter

Shasta, Cal.

May 6, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., May 6, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Joseph R. Calvert

Trumpeter

Sacramento, Cal.

May 1, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., May 6, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Jackson Boggs

Farrier

Sacramento, Cal.

Mar. 21, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., Mar. 21, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Jacob Overmayer

Farrier and Blacksmith

Shasta, Cal.

May 6, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., May 6, 1866, expiration of term of service.

John McConville

Blacksmith

Sacramento, Cal.

Nov. 11, 1863

Dec. 20, 1863

Mustered out at Albuquerque, N.M., Sept. 30, 1866, per S.O. No. 29, Hdq. Dept. of New Mexico.

John W. Sheerer

Wagoner

Sacramento, Cal.

April 27, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., May 6, 1866, expiration of term of service.

William Henry

Saddler

Stockton, Cal.

April 28, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., May 6, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Ames, Seneca G.

Private

Sacramento, Cal.

April 11, 1864

April 11, 1864

Mustered out at Albuquerque, N.M., Sept. 30, 1866, per S.O. No. 29, Hdq. Dept. of New Mexico.

Beckham, Henry

Private

San Francisco

Sept. 10, 1861

Sept. 11, 1861

Transferred from Co. D, 2d Cal. Cav., July 1, 1863; mustered out at Las Cruces, N.M., Sept. 11, 1864, expiration of term of service.

Bell, Jesse

Private

Sacramento, Cal.

Aug. 6, 1863

Aug. 13, 1863

Died at Drum Barracks, Cal., March 4, 1864.

Bennett, George

Private

Sacramento, Cal.

July 8, 1863

Aug. 13, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., July 8, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Bigley, John

Private

Princeton, Cal.

Mar. 30, 1863

May 16, 1863

Discharged at Drum Barracks, Cal., Jan. 23, 1864, for disability.

Blakley, George W.

Private

Sacramento, Cal.

July 18, 1863

Aug. 13, 1863

Deserted at Camp Union, Cal., Sept. 27, 1863.

Boardman, John

Private

Sacramento, Cal.

Oct. 17, 1863

Oct. 18, 1863

Mustered out at San Francisco, Dec. 31, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Byron, Moses M.

Private

Nevada City, Cal.

April 25, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., April 25, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Calleweart, Augustus

Private

Sacramento, Cal.

April 13, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Yuma, Cal., March 19, 1866, services no longer required.

Campbell, Henry

Private

Nevada City, Cal.

April 25, 1863

May 16, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Selden, N.M., April 25, 1866, expiration of term of service.

Campbell, Lemuel

Private

Red Bluff, Cal.

April 30, 1863

May 16, 1863

Deserted at Camp Union, Cal., June 22, 1863.

Casper, Geo. R.

Private

Marysville, Cal.

Aug. 23, 1865

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Dropped.

Clark, Sylvester K.

Private

Red Bluff, Cal.

June 8, 1863

Aug. 13, 1863

Mustered out at Fort Yuma, Cal., Mar. 19, 1866, services no longer required.

Cotton, James W.

Private

Sacramento, Cal.

Oct. 7, 1863

Oct. 18, 1863

Died at Camp Union, Cal., Dec. 12, 1863.