Regiments of the California Volunteers
in Federal Service
6th Regiment
of Infantry
Colonel Henry Black, Commander, 6th California Volunteer
Infantry. Image by Matthew Brady (NARA)
Organized at San Francisco October 21,
1862. Attached to Department. of the Pacific. Duty at Benicia
Barracks, San Francisco.
Company "A" - Ordered to Chico,
California., August 20, 1863, and duty there until May, 1864.
Ordered to Alcatraz Island May 30,
and duty there until muster out.
Companies "C," "E"
and "G" - Ordered to Fort Humboldt February 15, 1864.
Companies "E" and "G" return to Benicia
Barracks October 11, 1864. Company "C" returns
May, 1865. Operations in Humboldt District February 1-June 30,
1864 (Companies. "C," "E" and "G").
Skirmish at Booth's Run May 1 (Co. "E"). Kneeland's
Prairie May 2 (Co. "E"). Near Boynton's May 6 (Co.
"C"). Grouse Creek May 23 (Companies. "E"
and "G"). Regiment at Benicia
Barracks until muster out.
Company "D" - at San Francisco
until July, 1863. At Benicia Barracks
until August 24. Moved to Butler County and at Camp
Bidwell, near Chico, until October 24. At Benicia Barracks
until June 1, 1864, and at Alcatraz Island
until June, 1865. Companies "D" and "I" moved
to Fort Churchill June 4, 1865.
Regiment mustered out October 25 to December
20, 1865.
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