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 © Sandy Neder,  pp 200-209.


 

Second Regiment of Cavalry

Company A

 

Name

Rank

Place of Enrollment

Date of Enlistment

Date of Muster

Remarks

Edwin A. Rowe

Captain

San Francisco

Sept. 10, 1861

Oct. 2, 1861

Resigned Oct. 10, 1862

David J. Berry

Captain

Sacramento, Cal.

Oct. 12, 1862

Jan. 20, 1864

Died at Camp Union, Cal., May 9, 1865, of inflamma-

 

 

 

 

 

tion of bowels, liver, and lungs. Was wounded in

 

 

 

 

 

an Indian fight at Bear River, U.T.

David B. Akey

Captain

San Francisco

Nov. 10, 1862

 

Transferred to Co. A. from Co. E, Nov. 19, 1862; mustered

 

 

 

 

 

out at Camp Union, Ca., April 7, 1866, with Co.

Edward B. Loring

Captain

San Francisco

June 5, 1865

June 5, 1865

1st Lieut. From Aug. 19, 1864 to June 5, 1865; mustered

 

 

 

 

 

out at Camp Union, Ca., April 7, 1866, with Co.

Theodore H. Goodman

1st Lieut.

San Francisco

Sept. 10, 1861

Oct. 2, 1861

1st Lieu. Until Dec. 11, 1861; Regtl. Adjt. Until April

 

 

 

 

 

23, 1862; promoted Capt. Co. G, May 20, 1862.

George R. McDonald

1st Lieut.

San Francisco

Sept. 25, 1861

Oct. 22, 1861

Transferred to Co. H, 2d Cav., April 22, 1862.

Herman Noble

1st Lieut.

San Francisco

May 21, 1862

May 21, 1862

Promoted from 2d Lieut. Same company; promoted to

 

 

 

 

 

Capt. Co. E, Nov. 20, 1862.

Royal L. Westbrook

1st Lieut.

 

Nov. 19, 1862

Nov. 19, 1862

Promoted from 2d Lieut. Co. M; promoted Capt. And

 

 

 

 

 

A.Q.M., Feb. 10, 1864.

William G. Overend

1st Lieut.

 

May 18, 1865

Aug. 29, 1865

Promoted from 2d Lieut. Co. B; mustered out at Camp

 

 

 

 

 

Union, Cal., April 7, 1866, per Dept. of Cal.

Herman Noble

2d. Lieut.

San Francisco

Sept. 10, 1861

Sept. 10, 1861

Promoted 1st Lieut., May 21, 1862

Thos. S. Harris

2d. Lieut.

San Francisco

May 24, 1862

May 24, 1862

Promoted from Sergt.-Major; promoted 1st Lieut. And

 

 

 

 

 

Adjt., Sept. 7, 1862.

Anthony Ethen

2d. Lieut.

C'p Douglas, U.T.

Sept. 7, 1862

Jan. 17, 1864

Promoted from First Sergt.; mustered out at Camp

 

 

 

 

 

Douglas, U.T., Oct. 22, 1864, by consolidation of Co.

James W. Hepburn

2d. Lieut.

San Francisco

May 8, 1865

May 8, 1865

Must'd out at Camp Union, Cal., April 7, 1866, with Co.

Anthony Ethen

1st Sergeant

Contra Costa, Cal.

Sept. 6, 1862

Oct. 2, 1861

Promoted 2d Lieut., Sept. 7, 1862

John A. Kinnear

1st Sergeant

Contra Costa, Cal.

Sept. 5, 1862

Oct. 2, 1861

Mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., Oct. 4, 1864, ex-

 

 

 

 

 

piration of term of service.

James F. Taber

1st Sergeant

C'p Conness, I.T.

Aug. 13, 1864

Sept. 18, 1864

Vet. Vol.; former service, see privates; mustered out

 

 

 

 

 

at Camp Union, Cal., April 7, 1866 with company.

Thomas M. Bickford

1st Sergeant

Sacramento, Cal.

Feb. 8, 1865

Feb. 8, 1865

Discharged at Camp Babbitt, Cal., Feb. 15, 1866, for

 

 

 

 

 

disability.

Richard O. Etling

Q.M. Sergt.

Presidio, S.F.

Sept. 10, 1861

Oct. 2, 1861

Mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., Oct. 4, 1864, ex-

 

 

 

 

 

piration of term of service.

Nathaniel Bartlett

Q.M. Sergt

San Francisco

Dec. 31, 1864

Jan. 6, 1865

Must'd out at Camp Union, Cal., April 7, 1866, with Co.

George K. Swan

Com'y Sergt.

Contra Costa, Cal.

Sept. 5, 1862

Oct. 2, 1861

Mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., Oct. 4, 1864, ex-

 

 

 

 

 

piration of term of service.

Frederick L. Wheeler

Com'y Sergt

Sacramento, Cal.

Oct. 13, 1864

Oct. 13, 1864

Must'd out at Camp Union, Cal., April 7, 1866, with Co.

Francis A. Rockford

Sergeant

Contra Costa, Cal.

Sept. 6, 1861

Oct. 2, 1861

Deserted at Fort Churchill, Nev., July 1, 1862.

John L. Stevenson

Sergeant

Contra Costa, Cal.

Sept. 5, 1862

Oct. 2, 1861

Reenlisted as a Vet. Vol. Sept. 19, 1864; mustered out

 

 

 

 

 

at Camp Union, Cal., July 5, 1865, per G.O. No. 61.

Augustus E. Steinmetz

Sergeant

Contra Costa, Cal.

Sept. 5, 1862

Oct. 2, 1861

Mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., Oct. 4, 1864, ex-

 

 

 

 

 

piration of term of service.

James H. Cheney

Sergeant

Contra Costa, Cal.

Sept. 5, 1862

Oct. 2, 1861

Mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., Oct. 4, 1864, ex-

 

 

 

 

 

piration of term of service.

Matthew Kearney

Sergeant

Presidio, S.F.

Sept. 10, 1861

Oct. 2, 1861

Mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., Oct. 4, 1864, ex-

 

 

 

 

 

piration of term of service.

David C. Jewell

Sergeant

Contra Costa, Cal.

Sept. 5, 1862

Oct. 2, 1861

Mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., Oct. 4, 1864, ex-

 

 

 

 

 

piration of term of service.

George Sowerwine

Sergeant

Sacramento, Cal.

Jan. 19, 1865

Jan. 19, 1865

Must'd out at Camp Union, Cal., April 7, 1866, with Co.

Henry Hacke

Sergeant

San Francisco

Aug. 20, 1864

Aug. 22, 1864

Must'd out at Camp Union, Cal., April 7, 1866, with Co.

Isaac McBride

Sergeant

Sacramento, Cal.

Dec. 28, 1864

Dec. 28, 1864

Must'd out at Camp Union, Cal., April 7, 1866, with Co.

William Couse

Sergeant

Sacramento, Cal.

Feb. 6, 1865

Feb. 6, 1865

Must'd out at Camp Union, Cal., April 7, 1866, with Co.

William Chatfield

Sergeant

San Francisco

Jan. 21, 1865

Jan. 21, 1865

Must'd out at Camp Union, Cal., April 7, 1866, with Co.

William P. Dunnington