California Civil War Rosters

Introduction to the Second Regiment of Infantry

“Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 To 1867.” 1890. pp 418-430.

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.

            This regiment was organized at San Francisco, Cal., and Carson City, Nev., during the months of October and December, 1861, the earliest enlistments having been made September 2, 1861.  Its first Colonel was Francis J. Lippitt, who was mustered out with the regiment during the month of October, 1864.  He was made Brevet Brigadier-General, March 13, 1865, for faithful service during the war.  Colonel Lippitt came to California as Captain in Stevenson’s New York Regiment, in 1847; he was afterwards a member of the Constitutional Convention, held in Monterey, in 1849.

            On the muster out of the original regiment, in October, 1865, the veterans, together with new recruits, were again organized into a regiment, with Thomas F. Wright as Colonel.  Colonel Wright was son of Brigadier-General Wright, commanding the Department of the Pacific during the war.  He was made Brevet Brigadier-General, March 13, 1865, for faithful service during the war, and was mustered out with his regiment in the spring of 1866.  Colonel Wright subsequently became a First Lieutenant in the Thirty-second and Twelfth Regiments of Infantry, U.S.A., and was killed by Modoc Indians, in the Lava Beds, California, April 26, 1872.

            The regiment was first assembled at the Presidio, San Francisco, and after completing its organization, five companies were sent to Oregon and Washington Territory, to relieve the regular troops, and two companies were sent to Santa Barbara.  The troops of this regiment sent to Oregon were afterwards returned to California.  The table hereinafter published will show the stations occupied by the various companies.

            The following correspondence and remarks copied from muster rolls, contain all the information that can be found in the Adjutant-General’s office regarding the service performed by the regiment:

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,

SAN FRANCISCO, January 9, 1862.

            GENERAL:  Nothing of importance has transpired within the Department since my communication addressed to you on the thirty-first ultimo.  The Fifth Infantry, California Volunteers, Colonel Bowie, is now moving to Southern California.  Three companies of the Second Cavalry, California Volunteers, under the Lieutenant-Colonel of that regiment, have already been sent to the same point.  This force will remain in the southern district of the State after the advance of Colonel Carleton.  Colonel Lippitt, Second Infantry, California Volunteers, has moved with is headquarters to Fort Humboldt, and assumed command of that district.  Colonel Lippitt has six companies of infantry and one of cavalry, a force deemed ample to quell any Indian disturbances in that quarter.  Some weeks since serious apprehensions were entertained of Indian outbreaks along the overland mail route; but thus far quiet has been maintained; the judicious distribution of provisions, to meet the immediate wants of those Indians, has had a good effect.  I have sent two companies of the Second Infantry, California Volunteers, to Santa Barbara, about four hundred miles down the coast.  The battalion is commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Olney, of the Second Regiment, and is posted at Santa Barbara to protect the loyal inhabitants of the district and enforce the laws of the United States.  My latest advices from the District of Oregon contain no information of importance.  The Indians are quiet.  This is the most severe winter experienced on this coast for several years past.  The incessant heavy rains, together with the melting of snow on the mountains, has swollen the rivers and streams, overflowed a vast extent of the country, and destroyed an immense amount of property, and so obstructed our land mail routes that we were forced to resort almost entirely to the express companies.  My troops are mostly in tents or temporary huts; and although frequently very uncomfortable, have really suffered but very little.  The men are well clothed, well fed, and but few on the sick report.

                        Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

G. WRIGHT,

Brig.-General, U.S. Army, Commanding.

Brig.-Gen. L.THOMAS, Adjutant-General, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,

SAN FRANCISCO, April 7, 1862.

            COLONEL:  I have sent orders to Lieutenant-Colonel Olney, of your regiment, to break up his camp at Santa Barbara and to repair to this place with the two companies under his command.  He will reach here about the fourteenth, and on the first steamer thereafter embark with the companies for your headquarters.  The late outrages of the Indians in your district require prompt, decisive action to punish them.  Should the force which will be at your disposal still be inadequate to make a clean sweep, I will endeavor to throw a column on the southern boundary of your district, to advance north and cooperate with you.  The Indian difficulties in the Humboldt District have been growing worse and worse for years, and I am determined to settle them now for the last time.  Every Indian that you may capture, and who has been engaged in hostilities present or past, shall be hung on the spot.  Spare the women and children.  Allow no citizens, unless employed by your order, to accompany the troops in the field.  The officers of the Medical Department serving in your district, although assigned to posts, are nevertheless liable to any service in the field or elsewhere as the exigencies of the service may require.  An assistant surgeon, in place of Dr. Todd, promoted, will report to you in a few days.  I have full faith in your ability, activity, energy, and zeal, and I take great pleasure in confiding in your hands the final settlement of this war.

                        Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

G. WRIGHT,

Brigadier-General, U.S. Army, Commanding.

Col. FRANCIS J. LIPPITT, Second Infantry, California Volunteers, Commanding District of Humboldt, Fort Humboldt, Cal.

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HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT,

FORT HUMBOLDT, May 20, 1862.

Maj. R.C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Pacific, U.S. Army:

            MAJOR:  The following is a summary of operations against the Indians in my district since my last dispatch in April last:

            On the sixth of April, Captain Ketcham, with a scouting party of Company A, Third Infantry, California Volunteers, found near Yager Creek the rancheria of the Indians that had previously robbed Cooper’s Mills of two thousand five hundred pounds of flour.   The Indians had just fled, leaving some seven hundred pounds of the flour, together with belting from the mill, mill files, baskets, bullets, lead, shot pouches, bullet molds, etc., all  of which articles were burned, there being no means of packing them.

            On the sixteenth of April, a detachment of five men of Company E, Second Cavalry, California Volunteers, stationed near Cooper’s Mills, on Yager Creek, reinforced by four or five citizens, went in pursuit of a band of some forty Indians that had robbed the mills of some three thousand three hundred pounds of flour the night before.  After a very difficult march to the northward, of ten miles, they came upon a rancheria, where they found the flour, having no means of packing, they destroyed, together with the lodges and their contents.  No Indians were seen, as they had all fled on the approach of the party.

            During a scout of Company F, Second Infantry, California Volunteers, commenced April second, by Lieutenant Flynn, three Indians near Trinidad, going towards the mouth of Redwood Creek, where, it was reported, there was a band of some two hundred hostile Indians, were captured by him.  to prevent their giving the band notice of his approach, after being fully warned of the consequences of their attempting to escape, they suddenly broke and ran in the same direction they were going when taken.  Lieutenant Flynn, who had no one with him but the guide, instantly fired at them with his pistol.  One was killed on the spot, the two others escaped, one of them with a bullet through his head.

            On the twenty-seventh of April, Captain Ketcham, of Company A, Third Infantry, California Volunteers, 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 bucks.  In attacking the rancheria, four Indians were killed, including a squaw, shot by mistake.  During the scout, Captain Ketcham came upon a rancheria, which had been fortified by piles of logs around it, but which the Indians had deserted.

            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 the alarm); killed fifteen of them and took forty prisoners, three of whom he left behind, being unable to travel.

            On the seventh of May, instant, Captain Ketcham, reported eleven Indians as having come in at Fort Baker – eight bucks and three squaws.  He sent out two of them as runners to bring in as many more as possible, assuring them (under my instructions to that effect) of protection.

            On the fourteenth of May, instant, Captain Ketcham reported the return of ten men sent out by him as an escort to such Indians as could be found by the runners willing to come in, with nineteen bucks, twenty-four squaws, and sixteen children; making the total number of Indian prisoners at Fort Baker eighty-eight.  These, when they arrive at this post, with the prisoners already here, will make the total number of Indian prisoners about one hundred and seventy.

            On the seventh of May, instant, Lieutenant Flynn, with a detachment of twenty men of Company F, Second Infantry, California Volunteers, then on a scout near Mad River, a few miles below Fort Lyon, received a volley from a band of Indians in ambush.  None of the men were injured except the citizen guide, who was shot through both thighs.  The troops rushed in pursuit into the timber, which was almost impenetrable from the dense undergrowth and chaparral with which all the forests in this country are filled, but were not able to see a single Indian, although they heard guns snapped in every direction around them (the caps having no doubt been spoiled by then recent rain). 

            On the fourteenth of May, instant, on Mad River, near Angel’s Ranch, Lieutenant Flynn, then having fifteen men with him, “started at daybreak” (I copy from his report), “and found a ranch of Indians about 7 o’clock A.M.  They saw me about fifteen minutes before I arrived at their ranch.  They crossed the river on their fish dam and then cut it away so that I could not follow them over the river.  They fought me about one hour.  I killed six of them.  None of my men received a wound.  The Indians retreated up the hill.  I then destroyed all their provisions, beds, clothing, etc.  All my men behaved admirably throughout the engagement.  I found a quantity of powder and gun-caps.  There were about one hundred and fifty Indians in this band, and it was useless for me to follow them with fifteen men.  This is the tribe that murdered Mr. Bates, as I found some of his papers in their ranch.”

            Lieutenant Flynn then returned to Fort Anderson, when Captain Douglas immediately left with his whole command (Company F, Second Infantry, California Volunteers) in quest of the band with which Lieutenant Flynn had skirmished.  It is not yet known whether he has found them.

            On the fifteenth of May, instant, Captain Hefferman, Company K, Second Infantry, California Volunteers, commanding at Fort Lyon, returned from a scout, in which he had destroyed five rancherias from which the Indians had fled before he arrived, and killed one Indian and wounded two others, being the only ones seen during the scout.  The two wounded escaped, leaving behind a powder horn, which proved to belong to one of the men murdered by the Indians on Bremen’s Ranch last November.

            These are all the results actually obtained thus far, although the troops have been and are still constantly and actively engaging in scouting in every direction, through deep snows and pathless and almost impenetrable forests, choked with undergrowth and brambles, and over a country consisting entirely of lofty mountain ridges so steep as to render traveling always laborious and often dangerous.

            Escorts and expresses have been for some time suspended.  Nearly all the men of Captain Akey’s company have been called in as witnesses for the prisoners before the Court-martial.

            The want of mules has caused the only interruption to active operations.  In order that one half of the effective men of every company may be always in the field, there should be not less than sixteen mules constantly at the disposal of each company.  The country is so difficult that the men are compelled to pack their blankets and everything except their arms.  About twenty-five mules have already been purchased by Regimental Quartermaster Swasey.  I recommend that he be authorized to buy seventy-five more as soon as practicable.  I am convinced it would be a great saving to the Government, and at the same time make our operations more effective, as great delays are constantly occurring in collecting together a sufficient number of hired mules when they are wanted, thus causing a great loss of time.

            I am cutting a trail from Fort Humboldt direct to the crossing of Yager Creek.  By the existing route the distance is twenty-five miles; by the trail, when completed, it will not exceed fifteen, thus reducing the distance from this post to Fort Baker ten miles, besides opening a path, through fifteen miles of dense forest hitherto unexplored by white men, but known to be the haunt of many of those Indians who have committed some of the late outrages.

            “Elk Camp” is a settlement between Redwood Creek and Klamath River, fifteen miles northwest of Fort Anderson.  The Indians have recently made an appearance there and are killing their cattle.  The settlers are much alarmed and have sent in for protection, and until it can be afforded have sent their families to Arcata.  I have directed Captain Stuart, Second Infantry, California Volunteers, commanding at Fort Ter-Waw, to send a detachment there of twenty men with an officer, and also to cut a trail direct to that point from Fort Ter-Waw, the distance being about twenty miles.  When this is completed it will open a short and sure line of communication between Fort Ter-Waw and the posts to the south of the Klamath, which is urgently needed.

            Company E, Second Infantry, California Volunteers, just arrived; garrison this post.  Company A, of same regiment, I am mortified to say, arrived here in a state of entire disorganization, owing solely to the continued drunkenness and misconduct of its commander, Captain Charles W. Smith, who I have placed in arrest.  Charges against him will go down by this steamer, but his character and habits are such as to render him unfit to remain one day longer in the service, and I recommend that he be immediately discharged from it.

            I have sent his company to Yager Creek Crossing under the command of First Lieutenant Flynn, of Company F, Second Infantry, California Volunteers, a very reliable young officer, who is as cool and resolute as he is active and zealous.

                        I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

FRANCIS J. LIPPITT,

Colonel Second Infantry, California Volunteers, Commanding Humboldt Military District.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,

SAN FRANCISCO, June 5, 1862.

            GENERAL:  For the information of the War Department, I have the honor to transmit herewith a report received from Colonel Francis J. Lippitt, Second Infantry, California Volunteers, commanding the District of Humboldt. 

            The activity and zeal exhibited by Colonel Lippitt and the troops under his command are highly commendable, and promise a speedy termination of the Indian disturbances in that quarter.

                        Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

G. WRIGHT,

Brigadier-General, U.S. Army, Commanding.

Brig.-Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. 

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AT CAMP NO. 25, COAST RANGE,

MENDOCINO COUNTY, CAL., April 30, 1864.

            SIR:  I have the honor to make the following report of the proceedings of the detachment of my company while on scout, from the sixteenth to the thirtieth instants, viz.:  April sixteenth, occupied in making preparations for crossing Eel River in a northeasterly direction.  April seventeenth, I proceeded with two Sergeants, one Corporal, one guide, and eleven privates to the mouth of White Rock Canon that falls into Eel River, a distance of about twenty miles; found the river at that point impassable.

            April eighteenth, sent out two parties, one up and the other down the river, in search of a ford, but without success, each party traveling about ten or twelve miles.  April nineteenth, proceeded up the river with the whole detachment, about fifteen miles, and with great difficulty succeeded about two A.M. to cross.  The men being very wet, I encamped for the night; found fresh Indian signs.  April twentieth, having arrived in the neighborhood of Indians, kept my men and animals concealed in the bushes until dark, then traveled a distance of about twelve miles, keeping a good lookout for Indian camp fires, but discovered none; by the moonlight I could plainly see the traces of Indians through the tall grass.

            April twenty-first, encamped at daylight, and at nightfall resumed the scout; traveled all night over a very rough country called the Rola Bola Mountains; plenty of Indian signs; traveled a distance of twenty miles.  April twenty-second, remained in camp until night, then resumed the scout, and after traveling until nearly daylight discovered Indian camp fires situated on a high bluff of rock that seemed impossible to approach, and was so to strangers at night time; hence, I was compelled to defer the attack until daylight, but those wary savages discovered us and fled; they had a start of about two miles.  I followed them as fast as possible, the ascent being extremely difficult, and pursued them that day until myself and men were almost exhausted; must have traveled a distance of fifty miles, including the scout of the previous night; discovered by the trail the Indians had separated into two bands.  April twenty-third, divided my men into two parties; gave Sergeant Wheeler one and myself the other.  I followed one trail, traveling alternately by day or night until my provisions began to give out.  I arrived at this camp on the twenty-eighth; traveled a distance averaging twenty miles per day since the twenty-third.

            April twenty-ninth, Sergeant Wheeler arrived at camp with eleven Indian women and one child, prisoners captured by him on the twenty-eighth; he reports eight Indian men killed, besides quite a number wounded, that threw themselves into the river, and thus escaped or were likely drowned; this occurred at a place called Big Bend, on Eel River; he also states that his party traveled not less than twenty miles each day.

            I have detained three of the captives (women) as guides for a few days, believing that they will be of great use to me; the remainder I have forwarded to Camp Grant, to be escorted to Fort Humboldt, agreeably to district orders.  I have had built on Eel River a large canoe, capable of carrying twenty men.  I feel pleasure in stating that people are already driving large herds of stock into a portion of the country scouted over by me, heretofore prevented by Indians.

                        I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM E. HULL,

Captain Second Infantry, California Volunteers, Commanding Company D.

First Lieut. JAMES ULIO, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Humboldt Military District, Camp near Fort Gaston, Cal.

            Remarks on Muster Roll of Company D, Second Infantry, for May and June, 1864. – May 20, 1864. – The company marched from Camp No. 26, Eel River, to Fort Humboldt, Cal., a distance of one hundred miles (with one hundred and fifty-eight Indian prisoners, which were delivered over to the District Commander), and returned to camp, June 12, 1864.  Notwithstanding the hostile character of the savages, during an active and continuous scout of over five months, not a man has been seriously wounded.

            Remarks on Muster Roll of Company A, Second Infantry, for July 1,1865. – This company was organized and mustered into the service of the United States on the eleventh day of October, 1861, at the City of San Francisco, Cal., and left there on the seventeenth, same month, for Fort Dalles, Oregon.  Left Fort Dalles, March 30, 1862, for Fort Vancouver, W.T., and remained there until May 4, 1862, when it proceeded to Humboldt County, Cal., and for about thirteen months performed heavy scouting duty against the Indians.  Left Fort Baker, June 10, 1863, for Benicia, Cal., arriving there June 29, 1863.  Left Benicia Barracks, August 13, 1863, en route for Fort Miller.  Arrived at Stockton same day.  Left Stockton on the fifteenth, and arrived at Fort Miller August 22, 1863.  Left Fort Miller October 1, 1864, and finally arrived at the Presidio of San Francisco, October 8, 1864, where it at present remains.

            Remarks on Muster Roll of Company B, Second Infantry, for November and December, 1865. – Company B crossed the San Pedro River November 1, 1865, and made camp near old Fort Breckenridge, A.T.  First Lieutenant Williams and a detachment of ten enlisted men went on a scout up the San Pedro Valley November 21, 1865; returned November 23, 1865; distance marched from camp, sixty-two miles.  A detachment of ten enlisted men of Company B, under command of First Lieutenant Winchell, Regimental Adjutant, Second Infantry, Cal. Vols., left camp on a scout December thirteenth and returned December 18, 1865.

            Remarks on Muster Roll of Company C, Second Infantry, for January and February, 1866. – January twenty-first the company, under command of Colonel Wright, was in an engagement with the Apaches in the mountains thirty miles east of Fort Grant, A.T., in which thirteen Indians were killed and six taken prisoners.

            The following are the stations of the regimental headquarters, and of the various companies, as shown by monthly returns and muster rolls on the last days of the months:

REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS.

            Were stationed from date of organization to January 1, 1862, at Camp Sumner, when they took up quarters at Presidio Barracks, and remained until the seventh of January, 1862; then embarked for Fort Humboldt, Cal.; landed at Post Lippitt on the ninth of January, 1862; next day marched to Fort Humboldt (headquarters of district).  Headquarters regiment transferred to Benicia Barracks, per S.O. No. 171, Headquarters Department of Pacific, July 20, 1863; and from thence to Fort Miller, Fresno County, Cal., per S.O. No. 188, Headquarters Department of Pacific, August 11, 1863, where they were stationed until October 1, 1864, when they proceeded en route to Presidio, San Francisco, and arrived on the ninth of October, 1864.  Ordered to Arizona, August 15, 1865, per General Orders No. 7, Department of California.

Mustered out at San Francisco, April 16, 1866.

COMPANY A

Mustered out at Presidio, San Francisco, Cal., June 30, 1866.

COMPANY B

            Was mustered into the service of the United States on the fifth day of September, 1861; marched to Camp Lyon, from thence to Camp Sumner, and from there, on the seventeenth day of October, 1861, to Camp Cady, W.T., where it arrived October 21, 1861.  Left Camp Cady October 26, 1861, and arrived at Fort Hoskins, Or., October 30, 1861.  Left Fort Hoskins July 14, 1862, and arrived at Fort Vancouver, W.T., July 16, 1862.  Left Fort Vancouver July 26, 1862, and arrived at Alcatraz Island July 31, 1862.  Left Alcatraz Island August 3, 1862, and arrived at Fort Humboldt August 7, 1862.  Left Fort Humboldt August 9, 1862, and arrived at Camp Curtis the same day.  Company was engaged in a scout after hostile Indians through the counties of Klamath and Humboldt from the fifteenth to the twenty-second of August, 1862, inclusive.  A detachment of the company, under Lieutenant Campbell, was engaged from the twenty-second to the twenty-fifth of August, 1862, inclusive.  Detachment under Lieutenant Watson joined from Fort Umpqua, Or., on the twenty-fourth of August, 1862.  On the seventeenth of September, 1862, company left Camp Curtis, and arrived at Fort Humboldt, Cal., same day.  Company left Fort Humboldt June 12, 1863, and arrived at Benicia, Cal., June 15, 1863.  Company left Benicia Barracks August 12, 1863, en route for Fort Miller, Fresno County, Cal., and arrived at that post August 22, 1863.  Left Fort Miller en route for Fort Tejon, Cal., December 28, 1863, and arrived at Visalia, Cal., December 30, 1863; distance marched, sixty miles.  Left Visalia January 8, 1864, and arrived at Fort Tejon January 14, 1864; distance marched, one hundred and forty miles.  Left Fort Tejon September 11, 1864; arrived at Drum Barracks, Cal., September 16, 1864; distance marched, one hundred and thirty-four miles.  Remained at Drum Barracks until October 6, 1864, when company embarked on board steamer “Senator,” and arrived at the Presidio, S.F., October 8, 1864.  In obedience to instructions from headquarters, company left Presidio, S.F., in the afternoon of April 17, 1865, for Harrison-Street depot, San Francisco, where they remained until May 25, 1865; from there to the Presidio.  Ordered to Arizona – G.O. No. 7, Department of California – August 15, 1865.  Left Presidio Barracks, Cal., August 19, 1865, on steamer “Senator;” arrived at Wilmington August 21, 1865, en route to Arizona.

Mustered out at Presidio, San Francisco, May 10, 1866.

COMPANY C

            Mustered into service September 6, 1861.  Marched from Camp Lyon, Hunter’s Point, to Camp Sumner, Presidio, San Francisco, Cal., September 28, 1861; distance, nine miles.  October seventeenth, marched to San Francisco, from Presidio, and embarked on steamer “Pacific” for Fort Vancouver, W.T., where company arrived October twenty-first; distance, eight hundred and fifty miles.  Sailed for Walla Walla, W.T., where company arrived October 31, 1861; distance, two hundred and seventy-seven miles.  Marched from Walla Walla, W.T. on the fifth of November, 1861, and arrived at Fort Colville, W.T., November 17, 1861; distance, two hundred and twenty-five miles.  Left Fort Colville, W.T., July 12, 1862, and arrived at Alcatraz Island, Cal., en route to Fort Humboldt, Cal.; distance, one thousand three hundred miles.  Embarked on board steamer “Panama” for Fort Humboldt, Cal., August 5, 1862, where company arrived August 8, 1862; distance, three hundred and twenty miles.  Marched from Fort Humboldt, Cal., August 10, 1862, and arrived at Camp Baker, Humboldt County, August 13, 1862; distance, seventy-six miles.  From Camp Baker, September sixth, arrived at Camp Lincoln, Cal., via Fort Humboldt, Cal., a distance of one hundred and forty miles, September 15, 1862.  Stationed at Camp Lincoln until October 17, 1864.  Embarked that date on steamer “Panama” for San Francisco, Cal., where company arrived October 20, 1864; distance, three hundred and twenty miles.  Proceeded from there to the Presidio of San Francisco.  Ordered to Arizona, G.O. No. 7, Department of California, August 15, 1865.  Left Presidio, San Francisco, August 26, 1865; arrived at San Pedro August 28, 1865, en route for Arizona Territory.

            In camp near Drum Barracks, en route to Arizona, August 31, 1865; at Fort Yuma, Cal, September 30, 1865.  In camp on San Pedro River, A.T., during the months of October and November; at Fort Grant, December 31, 1865.  In camp on San Pedro River, January 31, 1866; again at Fort Grant, February 28, 1866.  Mustered out of service at the Presidio, San Francisco, May 10, 1866.

COMPANY D

            This company commenced enlisting at Petaluma, Cal., September 2, 1861; mustered into the service of the United States September 14, 1861.  Company left San Francisco for Fort Colville, W.T., October 17, 1861; arrived there November 17, 1861.  Left Fort Colville July 12, 1862, for Fort Humboldt, Cal. (via Fort Dalles, Vancouver, and Alcatraz Island), where it arrived on July 31, 1862.  Embarked for Fort Bragg, Cal., August 5, 1862; arrived August 7, 1862.  May 3, 1863, Captain Hull, with twenty men, proceeded on a scout to Eel River, and attacked a party of hostile Indians in that neighborhood, numbering thirty-five or forty, killing four, wounding three, and bringing away their women and one boy, captives, to the Indian reservation.  Returned to Fort Bragg May 21, 1863.  August 3, 1863, Captain Hull, with nineteen men, proceeded to the neighborhood of Shelter Cove and Mattole River, on a scout, and returned August 23, 1863, not having seen any hostile Indians.  September 15, 1863, Captain Hull, with nineteen men, left Fort Bragg on a scout for Mad River; returned October 2, 1863.  January 20, 1864, Captain Hull, with twenty-four men, left on a scout for Indians in Eel River country.  March 1, 1864, headquarters of company were removed to the field, leaving sufficient force to protect public property at Fort Bragg.  From April 1, 1864, to May 20, 1864, company was actively engaged scouting for hostile Indians, with the following result, viz.:  Killed in engagements, thirty-three; Indians taken prisoners, one hundred and eighty-one (men, women, and children); surrendered themselves, one hundred and two (men, women, and children).  During the first part of the scout, one hundred and twenty-five were sent to Camp Grant, to be forwarded from there to the Humboldt Reservation, in order not to embarrass the movements of the company.  May 27, 1864, Captain Hull, with eighteen men, proceeded to Fort Humboldt, with the remaining one hundred and fifty-eight prisoners, where he arrived May 27, 1864, and turned the prisoners over to the commanding officer of that post.  Left Fort Humboldt May 30, and arrived at Fort Bragg July 20, 1864.  The country through which the scouts were made being very rough and mountainous, the distance traveled cannot be accurately determined.  Notwithstanding the hostile character of these savages, not one man of the company was seriously wounded during an active and continuous scout of over five months.  September 30, 1864, company left Fort Bragg for the Presidio, San Francisco, Cal., awaiting transportation at Mendocino until October 17, 1864, when company embarked, and arrived at Presidio, San Francisco, Cal., October 20, 1864, where it remained until August, 1865, when it returned to Humboldt County, and was stationed as follows:

Mustered out at Presidio, San Francisco, April 16, 1866.

COMPANY E

            Company E was organized by Captain Eugene B. Gibbs, at San Francisco, Cal., in September, 1861.  Left San Francisco for Fort Vancouver, W.T., October 17, 1861; arrived October 21, 1861; stationed at that post until May 4, 1862.  Left Vancouver May 4, 1862; arrived at Alcatraz Island May 9, 1862.  Left Alcatraz for Fort Humboldt May 14, 1862; arrived May 16, 1862; stationed there until September, 1862.  Left Fort Humboldt for Camp Curtis September 17, 1862; arrived same day; stationed there until May 11, 1863.  Left Camp Curtis for Benicia Barracks; arrived there May 14, 1863; stationed at that post until December 14, 1863.  Left Benicia Barracks for Camp Curtis, and arrived December 17, 1863; remained at that post until October 1, 1864, when company left for Presidio, San Francisco, and arrived there October 4, 1864.  Ordered to Arizona, G.O. No. 7, Department of California, August 15, 1865.  Left Presidio Barracks August 19, 1865; arrived at Drum Barracks August 21, 1865, en route to Arizona Territory.