The 1st Battalion of Native Cavalry in the Far West, 1863–1866
by
Mr. Tom Prezelski
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2015
More than 16,000 Californians served as soldiers in the Union Army during the Civil War. One California unit, the 1st Battalion of Native Cavalry, consisted largely of Californio Hispanic volunteers from the “Cow Counties” of Southern California and the Central Coast. Out-of-work vaqueros who...