California Civil War Rosters
Second Regiment of Cavalry
Field and Staff Officers
Transcribed completely as appears in book by Sandy Neder.
| Name | Rank | Place of Enrollment | Date of Enlistment | Date of Muster | Remarks |
| Andrew J. Smith | Colonel | San Francisco | Oct. 1, 1861 | Oct. 17, 1861 | Resigned Nov. 13, 1861, to accept commission as Brig.Gen., U.S. Vols. |
| Columbus Sims | Colonel | San Francisco | Nov. 13, 1861 | Nov. 13, 1861 | Promoted from Lieut.-Col.; resigned Jan. 31, 1863. |
| Geo. S. Evans | Colonel | C'p Douglas, U.T. | Feb. 1, 1863 | Promoted from Lieut.-Col.; resigned May 31, 1863. | |
| Edward McGarry | Colonel | San Francisco | Nov. 20, 1864 | Nov. 29, 1864 | Promoted from Lieut.-Col.; discharged at San Francisco, March 31, 1866, per Dept. of Cal., G.O. No. 13, of March 20, 1866. |
| Columbus Sims | Lieut.-Col. | San Francisco | Sept. 10, 1861 | Sept. 10, 1861 | Promoted Col. Nov. 13, 1861 |
| Geo. S. Evans | Lieut.-Col. | San Francisco | Nov. 12, 1861 | Nov. 12, 1861 | Promoted Col. Feb. 1, 1863. |
| William Jones | Lieut.-Col. | Camp Babbitt, Cal. | Feb. 1, 1863 | Jan. 2, 1864 | Promoted from Capt. Co. I; dishonorably discharged |
| Aug. 5, 1864, per War Dept. S.O. No. 260. | |||||
| Albert Brown | Lieut.-Col. | Dec. 10, 1863 | Not mustered; commission revoked Dec. 24, 1863. See Capt. Co. L. | ||
| Edward McGarry | Lieut.-Col. | San Francisco | Dec. 24, 1863 | Dec. 24, 1863 | Promoted Col. Nov. 21, 1864. |
| Franklin Haven | Lieut.-Col. | San Francisco | Jan. 11, 1865 | Jan. 11, 1865 | Promoted from Capt. And A.D.C., U.S. Vols.; resigned April 30, 1865. |
| Charles McDermit | Lieut.-Col. | Ft. Churchill, Nev. | May 7, 1865 | May 11, 1865 | Promoted from Major; killed by Indians at Queens River, Nev. |
| Ambrose E. Hooker | Lieut.-Col. | San Francisco | Nov. 1, 1865 | Nov. 1, 1865 | Lieut.-Col. Of 6th Inf., Cal. Vols, from Feb. 16, 1863, to Oct. 31, 1865, when he was mustered out with his regiment; recommis'd as Lieut.-Col. 2d Cav., Cal. Vols.; discharged at Sacramento, Cal., June 13, 1866, per instructions from Dept. of Cal. Headquarters. |
| E.V. Sumner | Major | San Francisco | Sept. 10, 1861 | Sept. 10, 1861 | Declined. |
| Edward McGarry | Major | San Francisco | Oct. 15, 1861 | Oct. 15, 1861 | Promoted Lieut.-Col., Dec. 24, 1863. |
| Geo. S. Evans | Major | San Francisco | Oct. 16, 1861 | Oct. 16, 1861 | Promoted Lieut.-Col., Nov. 12, 1861. |
| Charles McDermit | Major | San Francisco | Nov. 14, 1861 | Nov. 14, 1861 | Promoted from Capt. Co. M.; promoted Lieut.-Col., May 2, 1865. |
| John M. O'Neil | Major | San Francisco | Dec. 4, 1861 | Dec. 4, 1861 | Remust'd at Fort Bridger, Wy.T., Feb. 7, 1865; to rank from Dec. 4, 1864, date of expiration of first service; discharged at San Francisco, April 6, 1866, per Dept. of Cal., S.O. No. 62, of 1866. |
| Samuel P. Smith | Major | San Francisco | May 9, 1865 | May 9, 1865 | Promoted from Capt. Co. K; must'd out at Sacramento, Cal., June 20, 1866, per instructions from Dept. Com. |
| Henry B. Miller | Major | San Francisco | June 5, 1865 | June 5, 1865 | Promoted from Capt. Co. C; must'd out at Sacramento, Cal., June 21, 1866, per instructions from Dept. Com. |
| John C. Cremoney | Major | San Francisco | Mar. 10, 1865 | Mar. 10, 1865 | Promoted from Capt. Co. B; transferred to 1st Bat., Native Cav., Cal. Vols., Mar. 17, 1865. |
| Jonathan M. Williamson | Surgeon | San Francisco | Sept. 27, 1861 | Oct. 17, 1861 | Mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., October 15, 1864, expiration of term of service. |
| Robert K. Reid | Surgeon | C'p Douglas, U.T. | Oct. 20, 1864 | Oct. 20, 1864 | Mustered out at Camp Union, Cal., April 6, 1866, per instructions from Dept. Commander. |
| C.C. Farley | Asst. Surgeon | San Francisco | Sept. 29, 1861 | Oct. 17, 1861 | Resigned Dec. 31, 1862. |
| C.E. Holbrook | Asst. Surgeon | San Francisco | Feb. 26, 1863 | Feb. 26, 1863 | Resigned May 20, 1864, per Dept. of Pacific, S.O. No. 117. |
| George H. Horn | Asst. Surgeon | Fort Tejon, Cal. | Feb. 26, 1863 | Promoted Surg. 1st Inf., Cal. Vols., June 2, 1864. | |
| James G. Cooper | Asst. Surgeon | San Francisco | April 22, 1865 | April 22, 1865 | Resigned Oct. 19, 1865 |
| John C. Handy | Asst. Surgeon | San Francisco | Sept. 25, 1865 | Sept. 25, 1865 | Mustered out at San Francisco, June 23, 1866, per instructions from Dept. Commander. |
| F.S. Sterling | Asst. Surgeon | Oct. 14, 1865 | Never mustered. | ||
| Theodore H. Goodman | 1st Lt., Adjt. | San Francisco | Sept. 10, 1861 | Oct. 2, 1861 | 1st Lieut. Co. A to Dec. 5, 1861; Adjt. To May 22, 1862; promoted Capt. Of Co. G. |
| Wm. Governeur Morris | 1st Lt., Adjt. | San Francisco | Oct. 2, 1861 | Oct. 2, 1861 | Transferred as 1st Lieut. To Co. I, Dec. 5, 1861; transf. back to Regtl. Staff, May 22, 1862; resigned to accept commission as Capt. And A.Q.M., U.S. Vols. |
| Thomas A. Harris | 1st Lt., Adjt. | C'p Douglas, U.T. | Dec. 13, 1862 | Jan. 24, 1864 | Private in Co. F to Oct. 21, 1861; Sergt.-Maj. To May 24, 1862; 2d Lieut. Co. F to Dec. 9, 1862; 1st Lieut. and Adjt. To April 20, 1864, when he resigned. |
| William R. Honey | 1st Lt., Adjt. | San Francisco | May 6, 1865 | May 6, 1865 | Sergt. Co. A, 6th Inf., Cal. Vols, to Nov. 24, 1864; 2d Lieut. Co. H, same Regt., to May 6, 1865; promoted 1st Lieut. And Adjt., 2d Cav., Cal. Vols., May 6, 1865; discharged at Camp Union, Cal., April 6, 1866, per instructions from Dept. Commander. |
| Thomas F. Wright | 1st Lt., Q.M. | San Francisco | Oct. 2, 1861 | Oct. 17, 1861 | Q.M. from organization of Regt. To Nov. 19, 1861; transferred as 1st Lieut. To Co. M. |
| Ignatius S. Jenkins | 1st Lt., Q.M. | San Francisco | Nov. 13, 1861 | Nov. 19, 1861 | Resigned July 19, 1862.Tra |
| Fernando A. Peel | 1st Lt., Q.M. | San Francisco | Jan. 21, 1863 | Promoted from Sergt. Co. D; killed by Indians at Spanish Fork, U.T., April 15, 1863. | |
| Christian Harriott | 1st Lt., Q.M. | Camp Union, Cal. | May 11, 1863 | Jan. 27, 1864 | Private Co. M to Sept. 19, 1862; Sergt-Maj. To Jan. 17, 1863; Q.M. Sergt. To May 11, 1863; them Q.M.; discharged to accept Coms'n in Co. E, 2d Cal. Cav. Vols. |
| Edward H. Ellis | 1st Lt., Q.M. | San Francisco | Jan. 31, 1865 | Jan. 31, 1865 | Mustered out at Camp Union, Cal., April 6, 1866, per instructions from Dept. Commander. |
| Henry R. Miller | 1st Lt., Com'y | C'p Douglas, U.T. | May 10, 1863 | Jan. 27, 1864 | Was private Co. F to April 18, 1862; Regtl Com'y; Sergt. To May 26, 1862; Sergt.-Maj. To Sept. 7, 1862; 1st Lieut. And Com'y; discharged at Camp Union, Cal., April 6, 1866, per instructions from Dept. Com. |
| Thomas S. Harris | Sergt-Major | Sacramento, Cal. | Aug. 29, 1861 | Oct. 10, 1861 | Promoted from private Co. F, Oct. 21, 1861; promoted 2d Lieut. Co. A, May 24, 1862. |
| Henry R. Miller | Sergt-Major | Sacramento, Cal. | Aug. 20, 1861 | Sept. 13, 1861 | Promoted from Regtl. Com'y Sergt., May 26, 1862; promoted 2d Lieut. And Com'y, Sept. 7, 1862. |
| Charles Tagge | Sergt-Major | San Francisco | Oct. 14, 1861 | Oct. 14, 1861 | Promoted from Sergt. Co. I, May 24, 1862; reenlisted as a Vet. Vol. Sept. 27, 1864, at Camp Douglas, U.T.; discharged by promotion to 2d Lieut. Co. D, Jan. 6, 1865. |
| James C. Lehmer | Sergt-Major | C'p Douglas, U.T. | Nov. 29, 1863 | Jan. 20, 1864 | Promoted from private Co. A, Jan. 8, 1865; discharged at Camp Union, Cal., April 6, 1866, per instructions from Dept. Commander. |
| Alexander M. Runyon | Q.M. Sergt. | San Francisco | Aug. 29, 1861 | Sept. 13, 1861 | Promoted from Sergt. Co. F, April 18, 1862; discharged Sept. 18, 1862, to accept a commission at 2d Lieut. Co. H, 2d Cal. Cav. Vols. |
| A.C. Sheldon | Q.M. Sergt. | San Francisco | Sept. 21, 1861 | Sept. 21, 1861 | Promoted from Sergt. Co. B, Oct. 20, 1861; discharged April 17, 1862, by promotion to 1st Lieut. 1st Inf., W.T. Vols. |
| Wilmer Brown | Q.M. Sergt. | San Francisco | Sept. 23, 1861 | Sept. 25, 1861 | Promoted from Sergt. Co. L, Jan. 17, 1863; discharged at San Francisco, Oct. 14, 1864, expiration of term of service. Second enlistment, see Privates, Co. H. |
| Edward Price | Q.M. Sergt. | San Francisco | Jan. 30, 1862 | Jan. 27, 1864 | Appointed Com'y Sergt. From Sergt. Co. F, May 24, 1863; promoted Q.M. Sergt. Oct. 25, 1864; mustered out at San Francisco, Jan. 31, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| John M. McGilveray | Q.M. Sergt. | Sacramento, Cal. | June 17,1864 | June 17, 1864 | Promoted from Sergt. Co. D, Sept. 25, 1865; mustered out at Camp Union, Cal., April 6, 1866, per instructions from Dept. Commander. |
| William L. Campbell | Com'y Sergt. | Sacramento, Cal. | Aug. 29, 1861 | Sept. 13, 1861 | Appointed from Sergt. Co. F, Jan. 1, 1862; promoted to 2d Lieut. Co. H, 2d Inf., Cal. Vols., April 17, 1862. |
| Alfred Morton | Com'y Sergt. | Sacramento, Cal. | Aug. 29, 1861 | Sept. 13, 1861 | Promoted from Sergt. Co. F, Jan. 1, 1862; discharged Jan. 6, 1862, by promotion to 2d Lieut. Co. I, 2d Inf., Cal. Vols. |
| Henry R. Miller | Com'y Sergt. | Sacramento, Cal. | Aug. 29, 1861 | Sept. 13, 1861 | Promoted from Sergt. Co. F, April 18, 1862; promoted Sergt.-Major, May 26, 1862. |
| Frederick Weed | Com'y Sergt. | San Francisco | Oct. 2, 1861 | Oct. 2, 1861 | Promoted from private Co. L, May 26, 1862; promoted 2d Lieut. Co. M, 2d Cal. Cav., Mar. 14, 1863. |
| Fernando A. Peel | Com'y Sergt. | San Francisco | Oct. 3, 1861 | Oct. 3, 1861 | Promoted from Sergt. Co. D, Oct. 20, 1861; transf'd at own request to Co. D; afterwards appointed 2d Lieut. And Regtl. Q.M. |
| Henry A. McDonald | Com'y Sergt. | Ft. Churchill, Nev. | Sept. 1, 1862 | Jan. 20, 1864 | Promoted from private Co. H, Oct. 23, 1863; must'd out at Fort Laramie, Wy.T., Aug. 31, 1865; expiration of term of service. |
| Wilmer Brown | Com'y Sergt. | Sacramento, Cal. | April 6, 1865 | April 18, 1865 | Promoted from private Co. H, Sept. 25, 1865; disch'd out at Fort Laramie, Wy.T., Aug. 31, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| Ferdinand Metzradt | Hos. Steward | San Francisco | Sept. 10, 1861 | Oct. 11, 1861 | Mustered out at San Francisco, Oct. 21, 1864, expiration of term of service. |
| Samuel W. Marple | Hos. Steward | San Francisco | Sept. 25, 1861 | Sept. 25, 1861 | Mustered out at San Francisco, Oct. 5, 1864, expiration of term of service. |
| Frederick W. Becker | Saddler Sergt. | San Francisco | Oct. 22, 1861 | Oct. 22, 1861 | Appointed from Corp. Co. D, Jan. 1, 1862; mustered out at San Francisco, Oct. 24, 1864, ex. Term of service. |
| James Pullen | Chief Farrier and B | San Francisco | Aug. 29, 1861 | Sept. 13, 1861 | Promoted from Wagoner Co. F, July 9, 1862, to Vet. Surg.; promoted Chief Farrier and Blacksmith, Jan. 29, 1863; returned to duty in Co. H, Jan. 21, 1864. |
| Richard H. Harris | Chief Bugler | San Francisco | Sept. 25, 1861 | Sept. 25, 1861 | Appointed from private Co. K, Feb. 1, 1864; discharged at San Francisco, Oct. 14, 1864, expiration of term of service; reenlisted Dec. 12, 1864 in Co. H, and transferred to Non-Com. Staff; discharged at Camp Union, Cal., Feb. 15, 1866, per instructions from Dept. Com. |
| William Jackson | Chief Bugler | San Francisco | Sept. 30, 1861 | Sept. 30, 1861 | Appointed from Bugler Co. D, Oct. 25, 1861; deserted at Camp Alert, Cal., July 22, 1862. |
| Christian Smith | Chief Bugler | San Francisco | Oct. 7, 1861 | Oct. 17, 1861 | Appointed 2d Chief Bugler from private Co. K, Sept. 10, 1862; reduced to the ranks, and assigned to Co. K, per War Dept. G.O. No. 126, of 1862. |
| John Heidlinger | Chief Bugler | San Francisco | July 25, 1862 | 2d Chief Bugler to Sept. 16, 1862, then Chief Bugler to Dec., 18622, when discharged per War Dept order of Sept. 6, 1862. | |
| Ezra C. Chase | Bandmaster | San Francisco | Sept. 27, 1861 | Sept. 27, 1861 | Appointed 2d Chief Bugler from private Co. L, Dec. |
| 3, 1861; apointed Bandmaster, July 6, 1862; reduced to the ranks and assigned to Co. L, Sept. 13, 1862, per instructions from Dept. Com. | |||||
| George H. Carroll | 1st Class Musician | San Francisco | Sept. 14, 1861 | Sept. 14, 1861 | Transf. To band from Co. B, Jan. 18, 1862; transf. To Co. H, Sept. 19, 1862, per instructions from Dept. Com. |
| Francis Marstadt | 1st Class Musician | San Francisco | Oct. 2, 1861 | Oct. 2, 1861 | Transferred to band from Co. K, Jan. 18, 1862; transferred to Co. M, Sept. 10, 1862, per instructions from Dept. Com. |
| Henry Hyson | 1st Class Musician | San Francisco | Dec. 18, 1861 | No record; transferred to band from Co. I, Jan. 18, 1862; deserted Mar. 12, 1862; apprehended-no date; transferred to Co. A, Sept. 19, 1862, per instructions from Dept. Com. | |
| Frederick Swank | 2d Class Musician | San Francisco | Sept. 14, 1861 | Sept. 14, 1861 | Transf. To band from Co. B, Jan. 18, 1862; deserted - date not known. |
| Henry C. Hoskins | 2d Class Musician | San Francisco | Sept. 21, 1861 | Sept. 21, 1861 | Transferred to band from Co. B, Jan. 18, 1862; reduced and transferred to Co. H, Sept. 19, 1862, per instructions from Dept. Com. |
| Jason N. Hinman | 2d Class Musician | San Francisco | Sept. 25, 1861 | Sept. 25, 1861 | Transferred to band from Co. D, Jan. 18, 1862; transferred to Co. K,, Sept. 19, 1862, per instructions from Dept. Com. |
| Moses R. Stubbs | 2d Class Musician | San Francisco | Oct. 2, 1861 | Oct. 2, 1861 | Transferred to band from Co. D, Jan. 18, 1862; transferred to Co. H, Sept. 19, 1862, per instructions from Dept. Com. |
| Charles Beckwith | 2d Class Musician | San Francisco | Sept. 11, 1861 | Sept. 25, 1861 | Transferred from Co. M. to band, Jan. 18, 1862; reduced and transferred to Co. M, Sept. 19, 1862, per instructions from Dept. Com. |
| Robert Wilson | 3d Class Musician | San Francisco | Sept. 14, 1861 | Sept. 14, 1861 | Transferred to band from private Co. B, Jan. 18, 1862; transferred to Corp. Co. B, Sept. 19, 1862, per instructions from Dept. Com. |
| James J. Ray | 3d Class Musician | San Francisco | Sept. 28, 1861 | Sept. 28, 1861 | Transferred to band from Co. K, July 18, 1862, reduced and transferred to Co. K, Sept. 19, 1862, per instructions from Dept. Com. |
| William Goetze | 3d Class Musician | San Francisco | Feb. 9, 1862 | Jan. 20, 1864 | Transferred to band from Co. M, Feb. 10, 1862, reduced and transferred to Co. K, Sept. 19, 1862, per instructions from Dept. Com. |
| Charles W. Reinhardt | 3d Class Musician | San Francisco | July 18, 1862 | Jan. 20, 1864 | Transferred to band from Co. K, July 20, 1862, reduced and transferred to Co. K, Sept. 19, 1862, per instructions from Dept. Com. |