California State Military
Department
- The California State Military
Museum
- Preserving California's Military Heritage
- What's New?: 2002
- An online newsletter
of museum and military history news.
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- Museum Board
Member Appointed to Head State Agency: Senator Maurice Johannessen, a member of the museum's
Board of Directors, was named to head the California Department
of Veterans Affairs by Governor Gray Davis on December 20, 2002.
Senator Johannessen will take over the department at the end
of his senate term. Senator Johannessen, an Army veteran, is
widely respected as chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee.
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (12/26/02)
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- Californians and the
Military
- Major General Joseph
Rodman West
- California State Militia
and National Guard Unit Histories
- Crescent
Rifles
- Heraldry and Indignia
of California State Military Forces
- California Air National
Guard
- 195th Fighter
Interceptor Squadron
- 195th Tactical
Airlift Squadron
- California Army National
Guard
- 40th Quartermaster
Company
- 49th Infantry
Division Artillery
- 49th Military
Police Company
- 115th Engineer
Regiment
- 740th Ordnance
Maintenance Company
- Historic California Posts:
- Camp Lyons (Humboldt
County)
- Camp McClear
- Camp McClellan
- Camp McDougall
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (12/1/02)
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- Historic California Posts:
- Camp in the
Lava Beds
- Camp
Lawrence J. Hearn
- Camp
Leonard
- Lighthouse Point Post
- Camp Lippitt
- Camp Liscom
Hill
- Lockhart's
Fort
- Camp Low
- Camp Lyon (San Francisco
County)
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. We have also updated our events calender (11/24/02)
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- Historic California Posts:
- Camp Latham
- California State Militia and National
Guard Unit Histories
- State Naval Forces
in World War II
- National Guard
of California Order of Battle, 1914
- 129th Rescue Wing
- 578th Engineer Battalion
- Heraldry and Indignia
of California State Military Forces
- California Army National
Guard
- 118th Signal
Battalion
- 578th Engineer
Battalion
- California Air National
Guard
- 194th
Fighter Squadron
- California Cadet Corps
- 175th Battalion,
Chula Vista High School, Chula Vista
- 292d Battalion,
Castle Park High School, Chula Vista
- Cadet Rifle
Teams
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. We have also updated our events calender (10/20/02)
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- Historic California
Posts
- Camp Laguna
Grande
- California State Militia
and National Guard Unit Histories
- Tulare
Mounted Riflemen
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. (10/13/02)
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- Californians and the
Military
- First Sergeant
Jimmie E. Howard, USMC: Medal of Honor Recipient
- California State Militia
and National Guard Unit Histories
- Auburn Greys
- Placer Rifles
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. (9/28/02)
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- Californians and the
Military
- Governor Jose Antonio
Romualdo Pacheco
- California and the
Indian Wars
- The Battle
of Pyramid Lake
- Historic California
Posts
- Adobe
Meadows Camp
- Air Force Plant
14
- Air Force Plant
42
- Air Force Plant
70
- Bicycle
Lake Army Air Field
- Camp Jackson
- Camp
John T. Knight
- Camp Johns
- Camp Kearny
(Monterey County)
- Camp Kearny
(San Diego County)
- Camp Kellogg
- Camp
Kohler
- Camp
Parks
- Coast Guard
Air Station, Humboldt Bay
- Coast Guard Air
Station, Los Angeles
- Coast Guard Air
Station, San Diego
- Coast Guard Air
Station, San Francisco
- Coast Guard Communication
Area Master Station Pacific, Point Reyes
- Coast Guard Island
- Coast Guard Training
Center Petaluma
- Fort Ord
- Fritzsche Army
Air Field
- Fuerte de Laguna
Chapala
- Kliene's Ranch
Post
- Naval Air Station,
Alameda
- Space and Naval
Warfare Systems Command, San Diego - Old Town Campus
- Siskiyou County
Airport
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- New Name
and New Status for Museum: On
11 September 2002, Governor Gray Davis signed California Senate
Bill 1470 authored by Senator Maurice Johannessen, which not
only change the name of the museum to the California State Military
Museum and Resouce Center, but also provided us permanent operational
funding and making us a permanent institution under the California
State Military Department.
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. (9/19/02)
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- Historic California
Posts
- Fort
Iaqua
- Camp Ibis
- Camp
Iron Mountain
- Fort
Irwin
- California Aviation History
- The Army Balloon
School: Ross Field
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. (8/25/02)
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- Historic California
Posts
- Gold
Bluffs Post
- Camp
at Goose Lake
- Camp
Granite
- Camp
Grant
- Fort
Vigilance
- Camp Halleck
- Hastings Barracks
- Hayfork Camp
- Fort Hill
- Camp Holtville
- Camp Hooker
- Fort Hooper
- Camp near Hornitos
- Camp
Hot Creek Station
- Camp Howard
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. (8/25/02)
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- Historic California
Posts
- Camp
Carleton
- Camp
Cass
- Chouchille
Camp
- Colusa
Post
- Camp
Coster
- Camp
Coxcomb
- Camp
Curtis
- Daby's
Ferry Post
- Roop's
Fort
- Camp Dolores
- Camp Downey
- Camp Dragoon
Bridge
- Drake's Fort
- Camp El Centro
- Elk Camp
- Camp Fauntleroy
- Federal Armory
- Camp Fitzgerald
- Fontana Barracks
- Camp Federica
- Camp at the
Forks of the Salmon
- Camp Fremont
- Camp at Fremont
Peak
- Post at Friday's
Station
- Camp Gaston
- Camp Giftaler
Ranch
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. (8/5/02)
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- Historic California
Posts
- Fort
Benton
- Camp Bishop
Creek
- Redoubt
Bitter Springs
- Camp Boynton
Prairie
- Camp Burnt
Ranch
- Camp Burton
- Camp Cajon
- Camp
Calexico
- Camp
Campo
- Camp
Callan
- Camp
Capell
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. Also check out our updated events calender (7/29/02)
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- Historic California
Posts
- Camp Alert
- Camp Allen
- Camp Anderson (Humboldt County)
- Camp Anderson (Sacramento County)
- Camp
Andrade
- Camp
Anza
- Camp
Arcadia
- Camp
Atascadero
- Camp
Barrett
- Camp
John H. Beacom
- Camp
Bidwell
- Heraldry and Insignia
of California State Military Forces
- 1st Mortality
Management Group (State Military Reserve)
- California State Militia
and National Guard Unit Histories
- San
Bernardino Rangers
- Mariposa
Guard
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. Also check out our updated events calender (6/28/02)
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- California and the
Civil War
- The California
Column
- Historic California
Posts
- Joint
Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos
- California State Militia
and National Guard Unit Histories
- Eureka
Light Horse Guard
- Forest Rifles
- San
Bernardino Rough and Ready Cavalry
- Siskiyou
Guard
- Washington
Continental Guard
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- Major Naval
History Collection Donated: The wonderful collection of Original Naval Art
accumulated over a lifetime has now become part of the California
Center for Military History - California Military Museum.
Three volunteer members of the California Center for Military
History Southern Region worked two days and evenings until 11
PM packing and transporting the art work and over 3000 books
and artifacts from the private collection of Commander Richard
Halsey Best. Our deepest thanks are extended to 1LT Mark Susuki,
SGT Al Andrade and MAJ Ralph Ramirez for this special emergency
duty. Everything had to be completed by Friday, June 21st and
Thursday June 20th at 11 PM qualified for the deadline.
Commander Best past away last October in Santa Monica. Through
the kindness and generosity of his son, Richard H. Best II, the
wonderful collection will soon be available for public viewing.
Plans are in the works for a major display to honor Commander
Best during the festivities celebrating the anniversary of the
Navy. The October dinner celebrations will not only honor the
Birth of the Navy, but also honor all of the Veterans of World
War II who served in any of the campaigns.of Liberation in the
Pacific war.
Nine paintings and 3000 books of Naval and Military History artifacts
add to the great reference library and over 30,000 artifacts
that now comprise the California Military Museum.
To Honor the Request of the Family, the Commander Richard Halsey
Best Collection will be housed and displayed in Southern California.
Commander Best received the Navy Cross for his successful attack
against the Japanese Cruiser Shoho and the Japanese Carrier Akagi.
He is the only U.S. Naval flyer who successfully attacked and
critically damaged two enemy ships during the Battle of Midway.
He continued the attack in spite of critical injuries. The Navy
Cross was personally presented by the Commander In Chief of the
Pacific Fleet, Admiral Nimitz, to then LT Best. The Battle of
MIdway has been recognized by the U.S. Navy, as the pivotal engagement
of the Pacific War
The California Center for Military History Southern Region takes
great pride in accepting the unique Museum quality collection
from Richard H. Best II.
- Los Alamitos
Painting Project: Members
of the State Military Reserve, California Center for Military
History Southern Region, turned out May 11, 2002, for the first
of several days of hard work preparing an outdoor Tank exhibit
for painting.SFC Edmundo Martinez, a police officer with the
Santa Ana Police Department, said, "It was a good day of
hard gratifying work . We sanded and removed and primed all the
rust areas and finalized with the newest of exterior prime paint
materials". MAJ Tom Nott, an architect in civilian life
from South Pasadena, prepared the work plan and designed the
material use and application, "I even had a hand in getting
a terrible sun burn while we prepared the Tank for painting...it
was a fun project." "I had fun painting and fixing
up that old tank. It sure needed our work, and the photos show
our hard work," said 1LT Mark Susuki, owner of SuperColor
Pro Lab in Santa Monica, CA
The tank is permanently displayed at the Joint Forces Training
Base at Los Alamitos, CA (formerly the Los Alamitos Naval Air
Station). The JFTB is Headquarters of California's 40th Infantry
Division (Mechanized) and also headquarters of the Southern Region
of the California Center for Military History.
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- Further exhibit preparation
includes painting of a UH IM (Huey) Helicopter and dedication
of the outdoor exhibits in the Fall of 2002. The artifacts are
part of the Statewide responsibilities of the California Military
Museum, with which the California Center for Military History
supports.
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. Also check out our updated events calender (6/16/02)
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- California and the
Spanish American War
- California's
Volunteer Forces during the Spanish-American War
- Californians and the Military
- Major-General Henry
Ware Lawton, U.S.Volunteers
- Admiral Joseph Mason
"Bull" Reeves, USN
- California State Militia
and National Guard Unit Histories
- Eureka
Light Horse Guard
- Mounted
Coast Rifles
- Mountain
Riflemen
- National
Guard (San Francisco)
- Sacramento
Guard
- Sarsfield
Guard (San Francisco)
- Wallace Guard
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. Also check out our updated events calender (5/27/02)
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- California State Militia
and National Guard Unit Histories
- City Guard (Los Angeles)
- First
California Guard
- Goodyear's
Bar Rifles
- Jesus Maria
Guard
- Klamath
Mounted Rangers
- Klamath Rifles
- Mountain
Blues
- Placerville
Guard
- Ringgold
Light Artillery
- Sierra Guard
- Trinity Guard
- Union
Volunteers
- Yuba Guard
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. Also check out our updated events calender (5/20/02)
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- Heraldry and Insignia
of California State Military Forces
- California State Military Reserve
- Aviation Badges
- California State Militia
and National Guard Unit Histories
- City Guard (San Francisco)
- California State Naval
Guard
- Coast Rangers
- 1st Observation
Squadron
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. Also check out our updated events calender (5/11/02)
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- Heraldry and Insignia
of California State Military Forces
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- 1st
Engineer Regiment
- 1st
Infantry Regiment
- 1st
Medical Regiment
- 1st
Quartermaster Regiment
- 2d
Infantry Regiment
- 3d
Infantry Regiment
- 4th
Infantry Regiment
- 5th
Infantry Regiment
- 6th
Infantry Regiment
- 7th
Infantry Regiment
- 8th
Infantry Regiment
- 9th
Infantry Regiment
- 10th
Infantry Regiment
- 11th
Infantry Regiment
- 12th
Infantry Regiment
- 13th Infantry Regiment
- 311th Infantry Regiment
- Chinese Regiment
- Korean Regiment
- Mexican Regiment
- Philippine
Regiment
- Veteran Guards
- California State
Militia
- California Defense and
Security Corps
- 1st Security
Zone
- 2d Security
Zone
- California National Guard
Reserve
- 1st Division
- 2d Division
- California
State Military Reserve
- California
Center for Military History
- Northern
Area Command
- Southern
Area Command
- 1st
Aviation Brigade
- 1st
Infantry Brigade
- 1st
Medical Brigade
- 2d
Infantry Brigade
- 3d
Infantry Brigade
- 4th
Infantry Brigade
- 5th
Infantry Brigade
- 6th
Infantry Brigade
- 7th
Training Command
- 8th
Specialist Support Group
- 9th
Specialist Support Group
- 14th
Communications Group
- Californians and the
Military
- Major-General Frederick
Funston, U.S.V. : Medal of Honor Recipient
- Major-General Harrison
Gray Otis, U.S.V. Publisher of the Los Angeles Times
- California and the
Spanish American War
- The Spanish
American War Memorial: A Living Testament to the Seventh California
Volunteer Infantry
- California State Militia
and National Guard Unit Histories
- California
State Rangers
- Columbia
Fusileers
- First Battalion
of California Heavy Artillery, US Volunteers
- Los Angeles
Rangers
- Monte Rangers
- Santa
Barbara Guard
- Santa
Barbara Mounted Riflemen
- Sonora Greys
CCMH Historian
Featured on the History Channel: The California Center for Military History announces
Captain Roger D. McGrath's appearance on the History Channel's
acclaimed Save Our History series. Captain McGrath has
appeared in over 35 seperate episodes on the History Channel.
This latest work is entitled "Save Our History: Valley Forge".
California
Center for Military History Goes to Washington: During
the week of 15 April 2002, the Command Group (BG Bill Hamilton,
COL Ken Nielsen, CW4 Dave Crippen and CSM Dan Sebby) from the
California Center for Military History travelled to Washington
DC to meet with the country's top military historians. The CCMH,
which has a long direct reporting relationship with the US Army
Center of Military History and the National Guard Bureau Historical
Center, took the initial steps to establish similar relationships
with the Naval and Marine Corps Historical Centers as well as
the National Archives and Records Administration. The CCMH staff
got to meet with the top technical experts in the fields of artifact
preservation and restoration as well as the curators of the Army
Art Collection and the new National Museum of the United States
Army.
New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. Also check out our updated events calender (5/1/02)
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- California State Militia
and National Guard Unit Histories
- Index to
Militia Units of the State of California 1850-1881
- First Calaveras Guard
- First
Light Dragoons
- Los Angeles
Guard
- Marion Rifles
- National
Lancers
- Sacramento
Hussars
- San Francisco
Blues
- San Joaquin
Guard
- Sutter Rifles
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. Also check out our updated events calender (4/12/02)
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- California and the
Second World War
- California's Filipino
Infantry
- California State Militia
and National Guard Unit Histories
- The
Coast Artillery Reserves, National Guard of California
- A
Brief History of the San Bernardino County Companies of the First
Battalion, Seventh Infantry, N.G.C.
(Includes Waterman Rifles and Redlands Guard)
- Californians and the Military
- Brigadier-General
Frank C. Prescott
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. Also check out our updated events calender (4/1/02)
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- Historic California Posts
- Beale
Air Force Base (Including Camp Beale)
- Camp
Cooke
- March
Air Reserve Base
- Mount
Campbell Rifle Range
- Californians and the Military
- Brigadier General
Edward Fitzgerald Beale
- Vice Admiral Charles
A. Lockwood, Jr.
- Fleet Admiral Chester
W. Nimitz: A Five Star Submariner
- Major General Edward
Otho Cresap Ord
- Admiral Raymond
Ames Spruance
- Admiral Richmond
Kelly Turner
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. Also check out our updated events calender (03/24/02)
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- Historic California Posts
- Marine
Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center
- Marine
Corps Logistics Base, Barstow
- A Short History
of the Marine Corps In San Diego
- Fort Hunter
Liggett
- Californians and the Military
- Lieutenant General
Hunter Liggett
- Major General
Joseph H. Pendleton, USMC
- Corporal Harold
Roberts: Medal Of Honor Recipient
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. Also check out our updated events calender (03/17/02)
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- California and the Civil War
- The California
Column and the March to Tucson, 1862
- The 1992 Los Angeles Riots
- Lessons in Command
and Control from the Los Angeles Riots
- A Battalion Commander's
Perspective
- The Mexican War and California
- The
Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo
- Los
Angeles in the War with Mexico
- The Sloat Proclamation
- The Stockton Proclamation
- The
Treaty of Campo Cahuenga
- The
Two Forts of Fort Hill: The Siege
of Los Angeles and Fort Moore
- Californians and the Military
- Major General
James Henry Carleton
- Earle C. Remington:
Early Los Angeles Sportsman Pilot and Naval Militia Aviator
- Lieutenant Commander
Morgan Adams: First Officer of the Naval Militia to be Placed
in Command of a Vessel of the Navy.
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. Also check out our updated events calender (03/07/02)
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- Californians in Aviation History
- Florence L. "Pancho
Barnes" Lowe: Aviation Pioneer
- Californians and the Military
- Major Mason
Carter, Medal of Honor Recipient
- Major General James
L. Day, Medal of Honor Recipient
- Professor
Thaddeus S. C. Lowe: Aviation Pioneer
- Major General
William Starke Rosecrans
- Historic California Posts
- Forts
DuPont and Stockton
- Fort
Guijarros
- San
Diego Barracks (Including New San
Diego Depot)
- Post
at Mission San Diego de Alcalá
- Spanish and Mexican California
- Explorations
and Conquest of California
- An Era of Expeditions
- San
Diego and the Begining of the Spanish Period
- Presidio
and Mission of San Diego
- Founding
of the City of the Angels
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. Also check out our updated events calender (02/26/02)
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- California State Militia and National
Guard Unit Histories
- The
History of the 223d Infantry Regiment
- The
History of the California Military Academy and the Officer Candidate
School at Camp San Luis Obispo
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New Book on California
and the Civil War: Bear
Flag and Bay State in the Civil War: The Californians of the
Second Massachusetts Cavalry
by Thomas E. Parson. The Second Massachusetts Cavalry included
the only organized group (5 companies totaling 504 men) from
California to fight in the east during the Civil War. Led by
a young Boston aristocrat, Colonel Charles R. Lowell, these men
began their wartime careers in Northern Virginia in 1862, clashing
with the partisan rangers of Major John S. Mosby, in a deadly
world of guerrilla warfare. In August of 1864, the regiment was
assigned to Major General Phil Sheridan's Army of Shenandoah
and served through all of the battles in the victorious campaign
to clear the valley of Confederates, witnessing the final surrender
at Appomattox Courthouse. This account tells what these men from
California and Massachusetts accomplished, how they communicated,
and how they viewed themselves. The book contains three appendices
that list the battle casualties of the regiment during its largest
engagements. Photographs and a bibliography are also included
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. Also check out our updated events calender (01/01/02)
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- Californians and the Military
- General James
Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle
- Theodore Gordon
Ellyson, Commander, U.S.N. "Submariner" and "Naval
Aviator Number One"
- Eugene Burton Ely
- The California National
Guard's First (Naval) Aviator
- Gold in the Sun or
Ely, of the California National Guard, Revisited
- Roy A. Knabenshue
- Frank Simpson, Jr.
- The Story of California's
First Naval Aviator
- The Pensacola Time
- California Aviation History
- Dominguez International
Air Meet
- California's
Story of Flight . . . A Historical Perspective
- California Naval History
- Fifth Division, California
Naval Militia and Aviator Eugene Ely
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new pages
to its website. Also check out our updated events calender (01/01/02)
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- Californians and the Military
- Major General Henry
Wager Halleck
- The Vallejo Family::
A Military History of Early California
- California Naval History
- History of California
State Naval Forces
- The Navy
and the Earthquake and Fire of 1906
- California
Naval Militia During the Earthquake and Fire of 1906
- The California Naval
Militia in World War I
- The Genesis of the
Naval Reserve
- Uniforms
of the Naval Battalion
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