Regiments of the California Volunteers
in Federal Service
4th
Regiment of Infantry
Regimental
Color, 4th Regiment of Infantry, California Volunteers (California
State Capitol Museum)
Organized at Sacramento, Placerville and
Auburn September to October, 1861. Attached to Department. of
the Pacific. Companies "A," "B," "C,"
"D" and "E" moved from San Francisco to Fort
Vancouver, Washington Territory, October 29-November 4, 1861.
Company "A" - At Fort Walla
Walla until August, 1862. Ordered to San Francisco August 15
and duty at Benicia Barracks until
March, 1863. Ordered to Camp Drum
March 1, and duty there until June, 1864. At Santa Barbara until
December, 1864. New Company "A"--Ordered to Fort
Humboldt May 1, 1865. At Camp Iaqua
until muster out.
Company "B" - At Fort Vancouver
until March, 1862. At Fort Dalles to October, 1862. Ordered to
San Francisco October 3, and duty at Benicia
Barracks until March, 1863. Ordered to Camp Drum March 1,
1863, thence to Fort Mojave April 29, and duty there until June,
1864. Ordered to Drum Barracks, and
duty there until mustered out.
New Company "B" - Ordered to
Fort Humboldt April 5, 1865, thence to Fort Gaston, and duty
there until muster out.
Company "C" - At Fort Walla
Walla, Washington Territory, until August, 1862. Ordered to San
Francisco August 14, and duty at Benicia
Barracks until March, 1863. At San Francisco until May. Ordered
to Camp Drum May 28, 1863, and duty
there until January, 1864. Occupation of Santa Catalina Island
January 2, and duty there until December, 1864. At Drum
Barracks until March, 1865, and at Fort Mojave until muster
out.
Company "D" - At Fort Yamhill,
Ore., until March, 1863. Ordered to Fort Hoskins March 25, and
duty there until December, 1864. Expedition from Siletz Block
House to Coos Bay April 21-May 12, 1864. At Fort Yamhill until
muster out.
Company "E" - At Fort Steilacoom
until October 3, 1862. Ordered to San Francisco, and duty at
Benicia Barracks until May, 1863.
Ordered to Drum Barracks May 28, and
duty there until January, 1864. At Fort Yuma until June, 1865.
At Drum Barracks until muster out.
Company "F" - At Camp Sigel,
near Auburn, until January, 1862. Moved to Camp Union, Sacramento,
thence to San Francisco April 28, and to Camp Latham, Southern
California. At Camp Drum until March,
1863. Moved to Fort Yuma March 1, 1863;
to LaPaz, Arizona., April 28, 1863; to Fort
Yuma August 15, and to Drum Barracks
November 7, 1864.
New Company "F" - To Fort
Humboldt May 1, 1865. Duty in Humboldt District until muster
out.
Company "G" - At Camp Sigel,
near Auburn, until January, 1862. Moved to Camp Union, Sacramento,
thence to San Francisco April 28, 1862, and to Camp Latham, Southern
California. Ordered to San Diego, California., and duty there
until muster out.
Company "H" - At Camp Sigel,
near Auburn, until January, 1862. Moved to Camp Union, Sacramento,
thence to San Francisco April 28, and to Camp Latham, Southern
California. Duty at Camp Latham and Camp
Drum until March, 1863. Ordered to Fort
Yuma March 1, and duty there until January, 1864. Moved to
Drum Barracks January, 1864, thence
to San Luis Obispo July 27, 1864. Return to Drum Barracks and
duty there until muster out.
Company "I" - At Camp Sigel,
near Auburn, until January, 1862. Moved to Camp Union, Sacramento,
thence to San Francisco April 28, and duty at Benicia
Barracks until November, 1862. To Fort Umpqua November 12.
Duty there and at Benicia Barracks
until March, 1863. Moved to Camp Drum
March 6 and to Fort Mojave April 29, and duty there until muster
out.
Company "K"--Moved to San Francisco
April 28, 1862, and duty at Benicia Barracks
until March, 1863. Moved to Camp Drum
March 6, thence to Fort Yuma, and duty
there until January, 1864. Moved to Drum
Barracks, and duty there until muster out.
