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- Camp Union
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- Originally a training
ground established in 1861 for California Volunteers, Camp
Union at Sacramento became California's most prominent provider
of troops for camps in the West throughout the years of the
Civil War A third of the state's 15,000 volunteers trained
here. Toward the end of the conflict, the camp became a discharge
or separation center for returning troops
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- The c'amp's first site,
which had to be evacuated in October 1861 because of river
no flooding, is)( located across the Sacramento River from the
old community oaf Suttersville, on what was once a race track.
The second camp was across the river at what is now the inter
section of Suttersville and Del Rico roads. Camp Union was abandoned
in 1866.
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- The 5th Infantry Regiment
California Volunteers, was organized here on 8 October, 1861
and trained by Brevet Brigadier General George W. Bowie for duty
in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas against the Confederate forces.
Since this was the year of the great flood, the troops aided
the flood-stricken capital. Company F (Sacramento Rangers) 2d
Cavalry Regiment, California Volunteers, was organized in Sacramento
25 August 1861 and later served here. This company furnished
a large number of officers for other units of the California
Volunteers.
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