Regiments of the California Volunteers
in Federal Service
5th
Regiment of Infantry
Organized in California at large September
to November. 1861. Attached to Departments. of the Pacific and
New Mexico.
SERVICE.--Ordered to Camp Latham, Southern
California, February 1, 1862. Carlton's Expedition from Southern
California through Arizona to Northwest Texas and New Mexico
April 13-September 20 (Companies. "B" and "G").
Regiment garrison posts in Southern California and Arizona. Company
"D" at San Diego. Companies "C," "F,"
"H," "I" and "K" at Camp
Wright and Fort Bowie. Companies "A" and "E"
at Fort Barrett. Companies "B" and "G" at
Tucson until December, 1862. Company -- march to Tucson July
6, 1862. March from Tucson to the Rio Grande July 25-August 15,
1862 (Companies. "A," "B" and "G").
December, 1862, stationed at Tucson, Company "F"; at
Fort Bowie, Companies "E" and "G"; at Fort Yuma, Companies "C" and
"H"; at Camp Drum, Companies
"D," "I" and "K." Engagement at
Pinos Altos Mines January 29, 1863 (Co. "A"). To Tucson
and Messilla February, 1863 (Companies. "C" and "H").
Engagement at Cajou de Arivaypo, Apache Pass, April 25, 1863
(Co. "K"). Stationed May, 1863, at Fort Stanton (Co.
"A"), Fort Bowie (Co. "E"), Tucson (Companies.
"C," "F" and "H"), Fort Craig (Companies.
"B," "D," "G," "I" and
"K"). Skirmish, Cajou de Arivaypa, May 7, 1863. At
Fort Stanton June, 1863. Crook's Canon, New Mexico, July 24,
1863 (Co. "E"). Skirmishes, Chirlcahua Mountains, September
8-9, 1863. Skirmish, Gila River, November 5, 1863. Skirmish,
San Andreas Mountains, January 26, 1864 (Detachment). Operations
in New Mexico and Arizona February 1-March 7, 1864. Expedition
from Camp Mimbres February 24-29, 1864 (Detachment). Pines Altos,
Arizona., February 27, 1864. Skirmish at foot of Sierra Bonita
April 7, 1864 (Companies "F" and "I"). Doubtful
Canon, New Mexico, May 4, 1864 (Company "I"). Gila
River Expedition, Arizona, May 25-July 13, 1864 (Companies "E,"
"I" and "K"). Expedition from Fort Craig,
New Mexico, to Fort Goodwin, Arizona., May 16-August 2, 1864
(Companies "A," "C" and "E"). At
Fort Goodwin until October (Companies. "A," "C"
and "E"). June, 1864, stationed at Camp Mimbres, Arizona.
(Companies. "A" and "F"), at Fort Bowie (Co.
"K"), at Franklin, Texas (Companies. "G"
and "H"), at Tucson (Co. "D"), at Fort Cummings
(Co. "I"). Scout in Southeastern Arizona July 16-24,
1864 (Co. "A"). Expedition to Pinal Mountains July
18-August 7, 1864 (Co. "E"). Expedition to Southwest
New Mexico July 23-October 10, 1864 (Companies. "B"
and "F"). Ordered to Las Cruces October 8, 1864 (Companies.
"A," "C," "D," "E," "I"
and "K"). Company "F" to Fort Cummings October,
1864. Mustered out November 27 to December 14, 1864.
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