List of California Civil War Union units

California State Volunteer Units 1861–1866 edit

The following are California State Volunteer Units that were active between 1861–1866 serving in the Union Army, most west of the Rocky Mountains in place of Federal troops:

California Notes
1st California Cavalry Regiment May 16, 1863 – October 19, 1866
2nd California Cavalry Regiment October 18, 1861 – July 12, 1866
1st California Infantry Regiment February 12, 1862 – October 21, 1866
2nd California Infantry Regiment December 30, 1862 – July 2, 1866
3rd California Infantry Regiment December 31, 1861 – July 27, 1866
4th California Infantry Regiment October 1861 – April 18, 1866
5th California Infantry Regiment November 1861 – December 14, 1864
6th California Infantry Regiment October 21, 1862 – December 20, 1865
7th California Infantry Regiment December 1864 – June 28, 1866
8th California Infantry Regiment November 17, 1864 – October 24, 1865
1st California Cavalry Battalion March 1863 – April 2, 1866
1st California Infantry Battalion (Veteran) November 1864 – September 1866
1st California Mountaineers Battalion March 16, 1864 – June 14, 1865

California Brigade edit

In 1861 four infantry regiments were recruited in Pennsylvania by Oregon Senator Edward D. Baker. Though made up of Pennsylvanians they were attributed to California. After the Battle of Ball's Bluff in October 1861 the brigade was renamed Philadelphia Brigade and the regiments were attributed to Pennsylvania as well.

State militia edit

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