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 209-217.


 

Second Regiment of Cavalry

Company B

 

Name

Rank

Place of Enrollment

Date of Enlistment

Date of Muster

Remarks

John C. Cremony

Captain

San Francisco

Sept. 14, 1861

Sept. 14, 1861

Promoted Major, March 6, 1865.

George D. Conrad

Captain

Ft. Laramie, Wy.T.

June 10, 1865

June 10, 1865

Promoted from 1st Lieut. Co. M; discharged at Sacra-

 

 

 

 

 

mento, Cal., June 13, 1866, with company.

Edward A. Descorutis

1st Lieut.

San Francisco

Sept. 14, 1861

Sept. 14, 1861

Discharged for disability, by order of Secretary of War,

 

 

 

 

 

Nov. 15, 1862.

Edward B. Loring

1st Lieut.

Los Angeles, Cal.

Jan. 1, 1863

Aug. 29, 1864

Promoted from 1st Sergt.; commissioned Capt. Co.A,

 

 

 

 

 

May 23, 1865.

Henry C. Penwell

1st Lieut.

San Francisco

May 18, 1865

Nov. 23, 1865

Promoted from 2d Lieut. Co. I; discharged at Sacra-

 

 

 

 

 

mento, Cal., June 13, 1866, with company.

James P. Bennett

2d Lieut.

 

Sept. 14, 1861

Sept. 14, 1861

Resigned at Fort Sumner, N.M., May 29, 1863.

John L. Sloane

2d Lieut.

San Francisco

Jan. 15, 1866

 

Promoted from private Co.C, 1st Bat., 14th U.S. Inf.;

 

 

 

 

 

resigned Jan. 25, 1866.

William G. Overend

2d Lieut.

San Francisco

Jan. 12, 1864

Jan. 17, 1865

Promoted 1st Lieut. Co.A, Aug. 29, 1865.

Charles M. Hubbard

2d Lieut.

San Francisco

Sept. 8, 1865

Sept. 8, 1865

Promoted from private Co.A, 1st Nev. Inf., Sept. 8,

 

 

 

 

 

1865, resigned Jan. 5, 1866.

Joseph W. Roberts

1st Sergeant

San Francisco

Sept. 21, 1861

Sept. 21, 1861

Mustered out at San Francisco, Oct. 10, 1864, expiration

 

 

 

 

 

of term of service.

Edward B. Loring

1st Sergeant

San Francisco

Sept. 27, 1861

Sept. 27, 1861

Promoted 1st Lieut., October 9, 1862

George B. Shearer

Quar.-Sergt.

San Francisco

Sept. 14, 1861

Sept. 14, 1861

Mustered out at San Francisco, Oct. 10, 1864, expira-

 

 

 

 

 

tion of term of service.

James Bering

Quar.-Sergt.

San Francisco

Nov. 1, 1864

Nov. 11, 1864

Second enlistment; former service, see Privates; mus-

 

 

 

 

 

tered out at Sacramento, Cal., June 18, 1866, with Co.

Jesse T. Maynard

Com'y Sergt.

San Francisco

Sept. 16, 1861

Sept. 16, 1861

Discharged by reason of wounds received in action at

 

 

 

 

 

Santa Fe, N.M., Dec. 19, 1862.

George T. Martin

Com'y Sergt.

San Francisco

Sept. 25, 1861

Sept. 25, 1861

Discharged for disability at Fort Sumner, N.M., Mar.

 

 

 

 

 

13, 1864.

Thomas Anderson

Com'y Sergt.

San Francisco

Nov. 7, 1864

Nov. 15, 1864

Must'd out at Sacramento, Cal., June 13, 1866, with Co.

William H. Wiggin

Sergeant

San Francisco

Sept. 14, 1861

Sept. 14, 1861

Deserted at Camp Alert, Cal., Jan. 25, 1862.

Elijah A. Atwood

Sergeant

San Francisco

Sept. 14, 1861

Sept. 14, 1861

Died of typhoid fever at Camp Alert, Cal., Nov. 22, 1861

John McQuade

Sergeant

San Francisco

Sept. 14, 1861

Sept. 14, 1861

Died at Tucson, A.T., July 12, 1862.

Lewis A. Wilmot

Sergeant

San Francisco

Sept. 21, 1861

Sept. 21, 1861

Mustered out at San Francisco, Oct. 10, 1864, expira-

 

 

 

 

 

tion of term of service.

Henry L. Castleton

Sergeant

San Francisco

Sept. 21, 1861

Sept. 21, 1861

Mustered out at San Francisco, Oct. 10, 1864, expira-

 

 

 

 

 

tion of term of service.

Daniel Louderback

Sergeant

San Francisco

Sept. 23, 1861

Sept. 23, 1861

Reduced to private, Oct. 11, 1863, at own request.

Titus B. Mitchell

Sergeant

San Francisco

Sept. 24, 1861

Sept. 24, 1861

Mustered out at San Francisco, Oct. 10, 1864, expira-

 

 

 

 

 

tion of term of service.

John L. Freiedeman

Sergeant

San Francisco

Sept. 25, 1861

Sept. 25, 1861

Mustered out at San Francisco, Oct. 10, 1864, expira-

 

 

 

 

 

tion of term of service.

Louis Korble

Sergeant

San Francisco

Oct. 26, 1864

Nov. 3, 1864

Second enlistment; former service, see Privates; mus-

 

 

 

 

 

tered out at Fort Churchill, Nev., May 28, 1866, per

 

 

 

 

 

S.O. No. 36, District of Nevada.

William R. Baker

Sergeant

San Francisco

Oct. 29, 1864

Nov. 11, 1864

Must'd out at Sacramento, Cal., June 13, 1866, with Co.

George T. Stanley

Sergeant

San Francisco

Nov. 18, 1864

Nov. 18, 1864

Must'd out at Sacramento, Cal., June 13, 1866, with Co.

John W. Van Mater

Sergeant

San Francisco

Nov. 18, 1864

Nov. 19, 1864

Mustered out at Fort Churchill, Nev., May 28, 1866,

 

 

 

 

 

per S.O. No. 36, District of Nevada.

Richard A. Murphy

Sergeant

San Francisco

Nov. 19, 1864

Nov. 19, 1864

Must'd out at Sacramento, Cal., June 13, 1866, with Co.

Donald L. Swett

Sergeant

Sacramento, Cal.

April 6, 1865

April 6, 1865

Must'd out at Sacramento, Cal., June 13, 1866, with Co.

James Holmes

Corporal

San Francisco

Sept. 14, 1861

Sept. 14, 1861

Mustered out at San Francisco, Oct. 10, 1864, expira-

 

 

 

 

 

tion of term of service.

Leander Merrill

Corporal

San Francisco

Sept. 14, 1861

Sept. 14, 1861

Mustered out at San Francisco, Oct. 10, 1864, expira-

 

 

 

 

 

tion of term of service.

William Baker

Corporal

San Francisco

Sept. 14, 1861

Sept. 14, 1861

Mustered out at San Francisco, Oct. 10, 1864, expira-

 

 

 

 

 

tion of term of service.

Edward Thompson

Corporal

San Francisco

Sept. 18, 1861

Sept. 18, 1861

Mustered out at San Francisco, Oct. 10, 1864, expira-