The 1st California Cavalry Battalion
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Unit History
Organized at large in California March, 1863, to July, 1864. Attached to Dept. of the Pacific.
- Company "A" at Presidio, San Francisco, to December, 1863. Ordered to District of Humboldt December 26. Arrive there January 12, 1864. Duty at Fort Gaston until March 6. Ordered to Camp Curtis March 6, and duty escorting trains to Arcate and Fort Humboldt to September 1, 1864. Ordered to Fort Humboldt September 1 and duty there until November 12, 1864. Ordered to Camp Wright and duty there until February, 1865. Ordered to Drum Barracks, District of Southern California, February 25, 1865, and duty there until May, 1865.
- Company "B" on duty at the Presidio, San Francisco, until January, 1865. Ordered to San Juan, Monterey County, January 3, 1865, thence to Drum Barracks, District of Southern California, and duty there until May.
- Company "C" organized at Santa Barbara and ordered to Drum Barracks, District of Southern California, August 10, 1864, and duty there until May, 1865.
- Company "D" at Drum Barracks, District of Southern California, until May, 1865.
Battalion assigned to duty in District of Arizona May, 1865, and operating against Indians in that District until April, 1866. Mustered out April 2, 1866.
