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307:. June 30, 1863, it was at Fort Churchill, Nevada. During the July 1863 it went to Fort Ruby, Nevada, where it remained until October, 1864. It returned to Camp Union, California, where the original members, whose terms of service had expired, were mustered out. The company was then filled up, reorganized, and sent back to Camp Douglas, where it remained from November, 1864, to June, 1865. It then went to Denver, Colorado, where it remained until October 1865, when it returned to Camp Douglas, and was stationed there until its final muster out, July 27, 1866. 29: 248:
On the April 27, Captain Ketcham, of Company A, returned to Fort Baker from a scout to the southward of Van Dusen Fork, with twenty-four Indian prisoners, all women and children, except two young men. In attacking the rancheria four Indians were killed, including a woman, shot by mistake. During the
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On the same day Lieutenant Staples, with a detachment of the same company, came upon a large band of Indians by surprise (having previously managed to kill their scout or sentinel without giving alarm); killed fifteen of them and took forty prisoners, three of whom he left behind, being unable to
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On April 6, 1862, Captain Ketcham, with a scouting party of Company A, found the rancheria of the Indians that had previously robbed Cooper's Mills of two thousand five hundred pounds of flour near Yager Creek. The Indians had just fled, leaving seven hundred pounds of the flour, together with
355:, was organized at Benicia Barracks, December 12, 1861. During the spring or summer of 1862 it went to Utah, and took station at Camp Douglas. In May, 1863, it was at Camp Connor, Idaho, where it remained until it was disbanded by consolidation, at Camp Douglas, November 1, 1864. 375:, was organized at Stockton, December 3, 1861. It moved to Benicia Barracks in the same month, and went to Utah, with the balance of the regiment, during the summer of 1862, and was stationed at Camp Douglas during the remainder of its term of service. It took part in the 436:
The War of the Rebellion: Volume 35, Part 1 CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING TO OPERATIONS ON THE PACIFIC COAST FROM JULY 1, 1862, TO JUNE 30, 1865. By United States. War Dept, Robert Nicholson Scott, Henry Martyn WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
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On the expiration of its term of service, the original members of the regiment (except veterans) were mustered out, and the veterans and new recruits were consolidated into a battalion of four companies on October 29, 1864, and was afterwards known as the
343:, was organized at Benicia, on December 12, 1861. It went to Fort Ruby, Nevada, in the summer of 1862. In the spring of 1864 it marched to Camp Douglas, where it remained until it was disbanded by consolidation, November 1, 1864. 331:, Humboldt County. In the spring of 1862 it returned, and was stationed at Camp Union until the summer of 1863. It then went to Camp Douglas, Utah, where it remained until its consolidation with Company C, on December 9, 1865. 349:, was organized at Benicia Barracks, on December 9, 1861. It remained at Benicia until the spring of 1862. It then marched to Camp Douglas, Utah, where it was stationed until it was disbanded by consolidation, November 1, 1864. 317:, where it remained until the spring of 1862. Then it went to Fort Ruby, Nevada, where it remained until August or September, 1863 when it moved to Camp Douglas. It was at the latter post until October, 1864. It then went to 488: 337:, was organized at Benicia, December 21, 1861. During the summer of 1862 it went to Nevada and Utah, and was stationed at Camp Douglas and Fort Ruby until its disbandment by consolidation, November 1, 1864. 122:, from October 31 to December 31, 1861, to serve three years. The regiment was first commanded by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor. After the formation of the regiment at Stockton, four companies were sent to 256:
On May 7, Captain Ketcham reported eleven Indians came in at Fort Baker, eight men and three women. He sent out two of them as runners to bring in as many more as possible, assuring them of protection.
157:, comprising companies, A, B, C, and D. On December 9, 1865, Companies C and D were consolidated, leaving only three companies in the battalion. The battalion was finally mustered out July 27, 1866. 483: 503: 361:, was organized at Stockton, November 26, 1861. During the month of December it was moved to Benicia Barracks, where it remained until the summer of 1862, when it went to 84: 493: 300: 234: 245:
belting from the mill, mill files, baskets, bullets, lead, shot pouches, bullet molds, etc., all of which were burned, there being no means of packing them.
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scout Captain Ketcham came upon a rancheria which had been fortified by piles of logs around it, but which the Indians had deserted.
389: 321:, in Idaho Territory, returning to Camp Douglas in May, 1865, and remained there until its final muster out, July 27, 1S66. 283:, where it remained until October 1865, when it returned to Camp Douglas, where it was finally mustered out, July 27, 1866. 468: 445:, California. Adjutant General's Office, State Office, J. D. Young, Supt. State Printing, SACRAMENTO, 1890. pp. 505 - 594 126:
during the month of November, 1861. During the month of July, 1862, Colonel Connor was sent, with his regiment, to the
276: 441: 279:, Nevada, and in January, 1864, at Camp Douglas, where it was stationed until June, 1865. It then went to 233:, was organized at Stockton, October 31, 1861, and went to Benicia Barracks in December, 1861. It went to 296: 238: 123: 60: 449:
The Story of California & her flags to color from 1849 to Present, Bellerophon Books, 1994. pg.26
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All Known Battles & Skirmishes During the American Civil War - Nevada Territory & State
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During July and August, 1862, Company A was en route to Salt Lake City. July 10 it was at
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from the date of organization to December, 1861, when it was moved to
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Military units and formations of the United States in the Indian Wars
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Records of California men in the war of the rebellion 1861 to 1867
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The California State Military Museum; 3rd Regiment of Infantry
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or Battle of Bear River on January 29, 1863, in southeastern
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Colonel Robert Pollock March 30, 1863 - November 14, 1864.
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The Civil War Archive, Union Regimental Index, California
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The Civil War Archive, Union Regimental Index, California
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3rd Regiment of California Volunteer Infantry Commanders
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Units and formations of the Union Army from California
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1866
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Index


United States
Union
Infantry
Bear River Massacre
Affair at Cañon Station
infantry
regiment
Union Army
American Civil War
Stockton
Benicia Barracks
Humboldt County
District of Utah
United States
Bear River Massacre
Washington Territory
Franklin County, Idaho
Patrick Edward Connor
Jeramiah B. Moore
William M. Johns
Stockton
Benicia Barracks
Fort Ruby
Nevada
Camp Douglas
Fort Baker
Humboldt County, California
Camp Halleck
Carson City, Nevada

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