California Civil War Rosters
Third Regiment of Infantry
Company C
“Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 To 1867.” 1890. pp 543-553
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler, June 2004.
| NAME | RANK | PLACE OF ENROLLMENT | DATE OF ENLISTMENT | DATE OF MUSTER | REMARKS |
| John H. May | Captain | C’p Douglas, U.T. | Oct. 26, 1861 | Oct. 26, 1861 | Resigned March 31, 1863. |
| James W. Stillman | Captain | C’p Douglas, U.T. | April 1, 1863 | Jan. 20, 1864 | Promoted from 1st Lieut. Co. G; disch’d at Salt Lake City, U.T., Dec. 8, 1865, by consolidation of regiment. |
| William N. Allen | 1st Lieut. | C’p Douglas, U.T. | Oct. 26, 1861 | Oct. 26, 1861 | Resigned Sept. 21, 1863. |
| Francis M. Griffin | 1st Lieut. | C’p Douglas, U.T. | July 27, 1864 | Aug. 20, 1864 | Promoted from 2d Lieut. Co. A; disch’d at Camp Douglas, U.T., Nov. 1, 1864, by consolidation of regiment. |
| Richard W. Stapleton | 2d Lieut. | C’p Douglas, U.T. | Oct. 26, 1861 | Oct. 26, 1861 | Resigned March 15, 1862. |
| William H. McMinn | 2d Lieut. | Benicia, Cal. | Mar. 16, 1862 | Mar. 27, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Sergt. Co. F; resigned June 20, 1863. |
| William Smith | 2d Lieut. | C’p Douglas, U.T. | Mar. 18, 1865 | April 5, 1865 | Promoted from 1st Sergt.; discharged at Camp Douglas, U.T., July 27, 1866, with company. |
| William Smith | 1st Sergeant | Fort Ter-Waw, Cal. | Feb. 22, 1862 | Feb. 26, 1864 | Reenlisted as a Vet. Vol. at Camp Douglas, U.T., Feb. 26, 1864; promoted 2d Lieut., Feb. 26, 1865. |
| George Waldron | 1st Sergeant | San Francisco | July 7, 1862 | Jan. 20, 1864 | Mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., July 15, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| Charles Austin | 1st Sergeant | C’p Douglas, U.T. | Oct. 2, 1864 | Oct. 5, 1864 | Transferred from Co. D; discharged at Camp Douglas, U.T., July 27, 1866, with company. |
| James M. Bean | Sergeant | San Francisco | Sept. 15, 1861 | Sept. 16, 1861 | Transferred from Co. G; must’d out at Camp Douglas, U.T., Oct. 4, 1864, expiration of term of service. |
| George Wilson | Sergeant | San Francisco | Oct. 3, 1861 | Oct. 3, 1861 | Deserted at Benicia Barracks, Cal., May 23, 1862. |
| Henry Rabstock | Sergeant | San Francisco | Oct. 4, 1861 | Oct. 4, 1861 | Discharged at Camp No. 8, while en route to Salt Lake City, July 25, 1862, for disability. |
| William H. Vance | Sergeant | Bear Valley, Cal. | Nov. 15, 1861 | Nov. 16, 1861 | Transf’d from Co. K; transf’d to Co. F, Oct. 7, 1864. |
| Caleb Dillenbeck | Sergeant | Sacramento, Cal. | April 25, 1862 | Jan. 20, 1864 | Transferred from Co. G; transferred to Co. D. |
| James C. Fitzgerald | Sergeant | San Francisco | May 30, 1862 | Jan. 20, 1864 | Transferred from Co. F; must’d out at Camp Douglas, U.T., May 31, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| John Silverthorn | Sergeant | C’p Halleck, Cal. | May 31, 1862 | Jan. 20, 1864 | Transferred from Co. K; must’d out at Camp Douglas, U.T., May 31, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| Robert F. Duskey | Sergeant | Sacramento, Cal. | Sept. 30, 1862 | Jan. 20, 1864 | Transf’d from Co. D; reduced to the ranks at his own request, and transferred to Co. A, at Camp Douglas, U.T., June 3, 1865. |
| John Armitage | Sergeant | C’p Connor, I.T. | Feb. 22, 1864 | Feb. 22, 1864 | Transferred from Co. D; discharged at Camp Douglas, U.T., July 27, 1866, with company. |
| James Wall | Sergeant | C’p Douglas, U.T. | Oct. 7, 1864 | Oct. 7, 1864 | Transferred to Co. I. |
| Solomon Cohen | Corporal | Mokelumne Hill, Cal. | Sept. 25, 1861 | Sept. 20, 1861 <?> | Transferred from private Co. I; mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., Oct. 4, 1864, expiration of term of service. |
| Charles H. Shuter | Corporal | San Francisco | Sept. 28, 1861 | Feb. 2, 1864 | Reenlisted as a Vet. Vol. at Camp Douglas, U.T., Feb. 1, 1864; transferred to Co. A. |
| Charles Brant | Corporal | San Francisco | May 7, 1862 | Jan. 22, 1864 | Reenlisted as a Vet. Vol. at Camp Douglas, U.T., Aug. 9, 1864; transferred to Co. F, Oct. 4, 1864. |
| George Crist | Corporal | Stockton, Cal. | May 9, 1862 | Jan. 20, 1864 | Transferred from Co. F; mustered out at C’p Douglas, U.T., May 8, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| Ira Abbott | Corporal | Columbia, Cal. | May 24, 1862 | May 24, 1862 | Transferred from Co. E; mustered out at C’p Douglas, U.T., May 23, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| Warren Richardson | Corporal | Stockton, Cal. | May 31, 1862 | May 31, 1862 | Transferred from Co. E; mustered out at C’p Douglas, U.T., May 30, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| John Wingate | Corporal | C’p Halleck, Cal. | July 1, 1862 | Jan. 20, 1864 | Transf’d from private Co. K; must’d out at C’p Douglas, U.T., June 30, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| Hugh Johnson | Corporal | San Francisco | July 7, 1862 | Jan. 20, 1864 | Reenlisted as a Vet. Vol. at Camp Douglas, U.T., July 18, 1864; transferred to Co. A. |
| Patrick Dooley | Corporal | San Francisco | July 7, 1862 | Jan. 20, 1864 | Mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., July 6, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| Robert Powell | Corporal | San Francisco | July 10, 1862 | Jan. 20, 1864 | Transferred from Co. K; mustered out at C’p Douglas, U.T., July 9, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| Benjamin F. Hightower | Corporal | Stockton, Cal. | Aug. 19, 1862 | Aug. 19, 1862 | Transferred from Co. B; mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., Aug. 18, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| Edwin Dawson | Corporal | Stockton, Cal. | Sept. 6, 1862 | Sept. 6, 1862 | Mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., Sept. 5, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| John Smith | Corporal | Stockton, Cal. | Sept. 29, 1862 | Jan. 20, 1862 <?> | Mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., Oct. 1, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| Henry Rice | Corporal | Ft. Bridger, Wy.T. | Feb. 4, 1863 | Feb. 4, 1864 | Transferred from Co. D; must’d out at Salt Lake City, U.T., Feb. 3, 1866, expiration of term of service. |
| Turner P. Baxter | Corporal | C’p Douglas, U.T. | Aug. 13, 1864 | --------- | Transf’d from Co. F; reenlisted as a Vet. Vol. at Camp Douglas, U.T., Aug. 13, 1864; transferred to Co. A. |
| Joseph Carroll | Corporal | C’p Douglas, U.T. | Nov. 28, 1864 | Nov. 29, 1864 | Transferred from Co. D; discharged at Camp Douglas, U.T., July 27, 1866, with company. |
| Pleasant Routen | Corporal | C’p Douglas, U.T. | Nov. 29, 1864 | Nov. 29, 1864 | Transferred from Co. D; discharged at Camp Douglas, U.T., July 27, 1866, with company. |
| Thomas E. Johnson | Corporal | C’p Douglas, U.T. | April 17, 1865 | April 26, 1865 | Vet. Vol.; transferred from Co. D; discharged at Camp Douglas, U.T., July 27, 1866, with company. |
| George Smith | Musician | --------- | --------- | --------- | Rejected by mustering officer, at Camp Douglas, U.T., July 15, 1864, on account of age. |
| William B. Jones | Wagoner | Stockton, Cal. | July 1, 1862 | Jan. 21, 1864 | Mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., July 15, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| Adams, Charles | Private | San Francisco | June 2, 1862 | Jan. 20, 1864 | Transf’d from Co. G; deserted at Camp Douglas, U.T., Apr. 17, 1865, while undergoing sentence of G.C.M. |
| Ainsworth, William | Private | San Francisco | Sept. 26, 1861 | Sept. 27, 1861 | Mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., Oct. 4, 1864, expiration of term of service. |
| Allen, Charles P. | Private | San Francisco | Oct. 19, 1861 | Oct. 20, 1861 | Transferred to Co. F, Oct. 7, 1864. |
| Anderson, Neils | Private | C’p Douglas, U.T. | April 27, 1864 | April 27, 1864 | Transferred to Co. B. |
| Avet, Julien | Private | San Francisco | Oct. 4, 1861 | Oct. 10, 1861 | Mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., Oct. 4, 1864, expiration of term of service. |
| Bailey, William | Private | C’p Douglas, U.T. | Aug. 23, 1864 | Aug. 26, 1864 | Transferred to Co. B. |
| Baker, William | Private | Sacramento, Cal. | Sept. 23, 1862 | Sept. 23, 1862 | Transferred from Co. B; mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., Sept. 22, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| Baranowski, Henry | Private | Camp Halleck, Cal. | June 15, 1862 | Jan. 20, 1864 | Reenlisted as Vet. Vol. at Camp Douglas, U.T., Aug. 1, 1864; transferred to Co. A. |
| Barr, George W. | Private | Sonora, Cal. | May 10, 1862 | May 26, 1864 | Transferred from Co. H; mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., May 9, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| Barron, William | Private | Sonora, Cal. | Jan. 11, 1862 | Jan. 11, 1862 | Tranferred from Co. E; transf’d to Co. K, Oct. 7, 1864. |
| Barry, James | Private | Stockton, Cal. | Nov. 1, 1861 | Nov. 1, 1861 | Transferred to Co. E, Oct. 1, 1862. |
| Baston, McLean | Private | Benicia, Cal. | Feb. 26, 1862 | --------- | Dishonorably discharged Dec. 26, 1863, per S.O. No. 282, Hdqs. Dept. of Pacific. |
| Beard, Michael | Private | Camp Halleck, Cal. | June 1, 1862 | Jan. 20, 1865 | Mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., June 23, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| Bernico, Joseph | Private | San Francisco | April 29, 1862 | --------- | Transferred to Co. G, May 22, 1862. |
| Berthet, Andrew | Private | Mokelumne Hill, Cal. | May 5, 1862 | Feb. 4, 1864 | Transferred from Co. I; mustered out at Camp Douglas, U.T., May 4, 1865, expiration of term of service. |
| Billings, Lucius A. | Private |