California Military History: Californians and the Military


California Military History
Californians and the Military

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- Lieutenant Commander Morgan Adams: First Officer of the Naval Militia to be Placed in Command of a Vessel of the Navy.
- Pedro de Alberni: Commander of Arms of California 1796-1801
- Governor Juan D. Alvarado: Life in California under Three Flags
- Isidro de Antondo y Antillón: Admiral of the Californias
- José Dario Arguello: Comandante, Presidio Comandante and Governor of Alta California 1814-1815
- Major General Carl Aulick
B
- John P. Baca: Medal Of Honor Recipient
- Colonel Edward D. Baker, 1st California Regiment
  - Lincoln and Baker: The Story of a Great Friendship
- Colonel Aaron Bank: Founder of US Army Special Forces
- Major General David P. Barrows
- Rear Admiral George W. Bauer
- Brigadier General Edward Fitzgerald Beale
- Colonel Warren E. Benoit: Commander, 160th Infantry Regiment During The Korean War
- Brigadier General John Bidwell
- Colonel Henry Black, 6th California Volunteer Infantry Wikipedia
- Chief Warrant Officer 4 Joseph Anthony Borges, Sr.: Papa Joe, Mr. California Military Academy
- Colonel Gregory R. "Pappy" Boyington: Medal of Honor Recipient
C
- Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo: Portuguese Discoverer Of California, 1542
- José Antonio Castro, Commandante-General and Acting Governor of Alta California
- Major General James Henry Carleton
- Staff Sergeant Edward Allen Carter, Jr.: Medal of Honor Recipient
- Major Mason Carter, Medal of Honor Recipient
- Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Chenoweth, US Marine Corps Reserve
- Sergeant First Class Don Conger, 115th Medical Battalion, 1952-1954
- Major General Partrick Edward Conner
- Major General George B. Cosby
- Miguel Costansó
  - Miguel Costansó: California's Forgotten Founder
- Alférez Pablo Antonio Cota, Santa Barbara Presidio 1788
- Major Ralph Cheli: Medal of Honor Recipient
- Glenn Hammond Curtiss and California Aviation
D
- Major General James L. Day, Medal of Honor Recipient
- Major General William F. Dean: Medal Of Honor Recipient
- Juan Bautista de Anza: Colonizer of San Francisco, 1776
- Felipe de Goicoechea: Comandante, Santa Bárbara 1784-1802
- Capitan Fernando de Rivera y Moncada: Military Governor of Alta California, Founder of Los Angeles
- Captain Antonio Maria de la Guerra
- José de la Guerra y Noriega: Military Commander of Santa Barbara
- The Forgotten Bagman of Teapot Dome: Edward "Ned" Laurence Doheny, Jr.
- General James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle, Medal of Honor Recipient
- Sergeant Major Doris Drennan, First Female Sergeant Major in the California National Guard
E
- Charles S. Eigenbrodt, California Cavalry Battalion
- Theodore Gordon Ellyson, Commander, U.S.N. "Submariner" and "Naval Aviator Number One"
- Eugene Burton Ely
- Pedro Fages: Military Governor of Alta California, 1770-1774 and 1782-1791
  - Pedro Fages: Unheralded Explorer of California
F
- Bear Flag Lieutenant: The Life Story of Henry L. Ford (1822-1860), with Some Related and Contemporary Art of Alexander Edouart
- Major General John Charles Frémont
- Major-General Frederick Funston, U.S.V. : Medal of Honor Recipient
G
- James Norris Gillett, 22nd Governor of California 1907-1911
- John D. Givens
  - Vallejo Author Uncovers the Story of Bear Flag Revolt Hero John Grider Vallejo Times-Herald
  - Searching for John Grinder, An African-American Bear Flag Veteran BlackPast.com
- Alexis Godey: Indian Friend or Indian Killer?
- Ulysses S. Grant's Service In California
  - Grant's Career in Humboldt County (1915)
- Andrew Jackson Grayson: The Birdman was a Traitor
- "Colonel" Griffith J. Griffith
H
- Major General Henry Wager Halleck
- A California Copperhead: Henry Hamilton and the Los Angeles Star
- Major General Harcourt Hervey
- Colonel Nelson Holderman: Medal Of Honor Recipient
- Major General Joseph Hooker
  - "Fighting Joe" Hooker (1937)
- First Sergeant Jimmie E. Howard, USMC: Medal of Honor Recipient
- Brigadier General Seth Edwin Preston Howard
I
- William Brown Ide
  - William Brown Ide: Pioneer, Bear Flagger and Builder
J
- Command Sergeant Major Delbert O. Jennings: Medal Of Honor Recipient
- Hiram Johnson and World War I: A Progressive in Transition
K
- Buster Keaton: Comedian, Soldier
- Colonel Edward J. C. Kewen; Los Angeles' Fire-Eating Orator of the Civil War Era
- Brigadier General William C. Kibbe: Civil War Adjutant General of California Wikipedia
- Roy A. Knabenshue
L
- Brigadier General Keith W. Lamb: California Citizen Soldier
- Homer Lea
- Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett
- Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, Jr.
- Professor Thaddeus S. C. Lowe: Aviation Pioneer
M
- Ignacio Martinez: Cadet, Royal Presidio of Santa Barbara 1799-1805
- Colonel Roderick N. Matheson: City Builder and Civil War Hero
- James McDougall of California
- Ed McMahon: Marine Corps Aviator
- Chaplain (Major) Charles P. McQuaide
- Manuel Micheltorena: Commandante-General and Governor of Alta California
- Joseph de Moraga Commissioned Lieutenant
N
- Brigadier General Henry M. Naglee
- Felipe de Neve: First Governor of the Californias, 1777-1782
- Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz: A Five Star Submariner
O
- Major General Edward Otho Cresap Ord
  - Edward O. C. Ord on Frontier Defense
  - Edward Otho Cresap Ord: Soldier and Surveyor
- José Francisco Ortega: First Comandante Presidio Santa Barbara, 1782-1784
  - Two Letters from Sergeant Jose Francisco Ortega to Governor Felipe de Neve, September 4th and 5th 1781
- Colonel Peter Julien Ortiz: OSS Marine, Actor, Californian
- Major-General Harrison Gray Otis, U.S.V. Publisher of the Los Angeles Times
P
- Jose Antonio Romualdo Pacheco
- Governor Romualdo Pacheco
- Major General Joseph H. Pendleton, USMC
- Pio Pico, Last Governor of Mexican California
  - Pio Pico's Correspondence with the Mexican Government 1846-1848 (1934)
- Gaspar de Portolá: Disenchanted Conquistador of Spanish Upper California
- Tyrone Power: Actor, Marine Corps Aviator
- Brigadier-General Frank C. Prescott, NGC
R
- Lieutenant Colonel Edward Price Ramsey, 26th Cavalry Regiment (Phillipine Scouts)
- Captain, J. Sewall Reed, Company A (California 100), California Battalion, 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry
- Admiral Joseph Mason "Bull" Reeves, USN
- Earle C. Remington: Early Los Angeles Sportsman Pilot and Naval Militia Aviator
- Capitan Fernando de Rivera y Moncada: Military Governor of Alta California, Founder of Los Angeles
- Corporal Harold Roberts: Medal Of Honor Recipient
- Major General William Starke Rosecrans
- Corporal Tibor Rubin, Medal of Honor Recipient United States Army
S
- Frank Roger Seaver: A Hero's Life
- William Tecumseh Sherman
- Frank Simpson, Jr.
  - The Story of California's First Naval Aviator
  - The Pensacola Time
- Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance
- George Stoneman: Civil War General and California Governor
  - George Stoneman: Civil War Soldier and Governor of California
- Major General Walter Perry Story
- Major General John Sutter
  - John Sutter and His Fort
- Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner
V
- José Velásquez: Alferéz, Presidio de San Diego
- The Vallejo Family: A Military History of Early California
  - Salvador Vallejo
  - Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo and Sonoma: A Biography and a History (1937)
W
- Major General Joseph Rodman West
- Major Stephen Girard Whipple, Commander, 1st Battalion of Mountaineers, California Volunteers Wikipedia
- Ted Williams: Baseball Legend, Marine Corps Aviator
- Major General Arthur R. Wilson, Oroville Native
- Major General Albert Maver Winn
- Benjamin D. "Don Benito" Wilson
  - Don Benito Wilson
Z
- Josef de Zuniga: Comandante Of the Royal Presidio of San Diego, 1781-1792

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Updated 29 September 2021