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California Civil War Rosters

“Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867”
by Brig.-Gen. Richard H. Orton, pub. 1890

This transcription project is only possible with the efforts of several volunteers generously donating their time to make these rosters available online for individual researchers. 

Permission is given to the California State Military Museum to copy some of these files for their website.  You may find helpful information on that site in relation to forts mentioned in General Orton's book. Their site contains a wealth of data in regard to California's military history.

No other information is available on any of these veterans.  The complete book is online.

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Are you researching a veteran from the Confederacy?  See below.

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Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) is dedicated to registering all Union Civil War soldier's graves.

To access their database and search for a soldier: http://www.suvcwdb.org/home/

 

Index to surnames in rosters -

names compiled from the rosters. 

 

Regiment Company Pages
Introduction   4-Mar
Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867   14-May
Proposed invasion of California from Texas   15-22
Proposed invasion of Texas via Mexico   23-31
The California Column:
Part One pp 32-49
Part Two pp 50-67		   32-67
First Regiment of Cavalry Introduction 68-86
  Officers 87-88
  Co. A 89-97
  Co. B 97-108
  Co. C 108-117
  Co. D 117-121
  Co. E 122-130
  Co. F 130-135
  Co. G 136-141
  Co. H 142-146
  Co. I 147-151
  Co. K 151-156
  Co. L 156-161
  Co. M 161-167
Second Regiment of Cavalry Introduction 168-195
  Officers 196-200
  Co. A 200-209
  Co. B 209-217
  Co. C 218-225
  Co. D 225-233
   Co. E 234-242
  Co. F 242-250
  Co. G 250-257
  Co. H 257-267
  Co. I 267-274
  Co. K 275-283
  Co. L 284-293
  Co. M 293-303
First Battalion of Native Cavalry Introduction 304-306
  Officers 307
  Co. A 307-310
  Co. B 310-314
  Co. C 315-317
  Co. D 317-320
First Regiment of Infantry Introduction 321-334
  Officers 335-336
  Co. A 336-341
  Co. B 341-346
  Co. C 346-349
  Co. D 350-353
  Co. E 354-358
  Co. F 359-362
  Co. G 363-367
  Co. H 367-372
  Co. I 372-376
  Co. K 376-380
First Battalion of Veteran Infantry Introduction 381-384
  Officers 385
  Co. A 385-389
  Co. B 390-393
  Co. C 394-398
  Co. D 399-403
  Co. E 403-408
  Co. F 409-412
  Co. G 412-417
Second Regiment of Infantry Introduction 418-430
  Officers 431-433
  Co. A 433-440
  Co. B 440-447
  Co. C 447-456
  Co. D 456-463
  Co. E 463-469
  Co. F 470-476
  Co. G 476-483
  Co. H 484-491
  Co. I 491-498
  Co. K 498-504
Third Regiment of Infantry Introduction 505-521
  Officers 522-524
  Co. A 524-533
  Co. B 534-543
  Co. C 543-553
  Co. D 553-565
  Co. E 565-570
  Co. F 570-575
  Co. G 575-581
  Co. H 581-584
  Co. I 585-589
  Co. K 589-594
Fourth Regiment of Infantry Introduction 595-598
  Officers 599-601
  Co. A 601-608
  Co. B 609-616
  Co. C 617-624
  Co. D 624-629
  Co. E 630-637
  Co. F 637-644
  Co. G 644-650
  Co. H 651-656
  Co. I 656-662
  Co. K 662-667
Fifth Regiment of Infantry Introduction 668-675
  Officers 676-677
  Co. A 677-681
  Co. B 681-686
  Co. C 686-690
  Co. D 690-694
  Co. E 694-698
  Co. F 699-702
  Co. G 703-708
  Co. H 709-712
  Co. I 712-716
  Co. K 716-719
Sixth Regiment of Infantry Introduction 720-724
  Officers 725-726
  Co. A 726-731
  Co. B 731-735
  Co. C 735-738
  Co. D 738-741
  Co. E 742-746
  Co. F 746-749
  Co. G 749-752
  Co. H 752-755
  Co. I 755-759
  Co. K 759-762
Seventh Regiment of Infantry Introduction 763-765
  Officers 766
  Co. A 767-770
  Co. B 770-773
  Co. C 773-776
  Co. D 776-778
  Co. E 779-781
  Co. F 781-784
  Co. G 784-787
  Co. H 787-789
  Co. I 790-792
  Co. K 793-795
Eighth Regiment of Infantry Introduction 796-798
  Officers 799
  Co. A 800-802
  Co. B 802-805
  Co. C 805-807
  Co. D 807-810
  Co. E 810-812
  Co. F 813-815
  Co. G 816-818
  Co. H 818-820
  Co. I 821-823
  Co. K 823-825
First Battalion of Mountaineers Introduction 826-831
  Officers 832
  Co. A 832-835
  Co. B 835-839
  Co. C 839-841
  Co. D 841-843
  Co. E 843-845
  Co. F. 845-847
The California Hundred Introduction 848-853
Second Massachusetts Cavalry
  Co. A 854-857
  Co. E 857-860
  Co. F 861-863
  Co. L 864-867
  Co. M 867-870
Deceased Officers & Enlisted Men of the California Volunteers Surnames A to C 871-883
  Surnames D to G 871-883
  Surnames H to K 871-883
  Surnames L to N 871-883
  Surnames O to S 871-883
  Surnames T to Z 871-883
An incomplete list of the stations occupied by California troops   885-887

 

The California Division United Daughters of the Confederacy
has a project to locate as many Confederates in California as possible. I currently have a database with about 1600 names of Confederates who were in California following the War. If your Confederate ancestor was in California, I would like to know about it. I will do database look ups if you submit Name, location in California and dates the ancestor was in California. Please no more than 5 names at one time.

Confederate veterans are eligible for Free Government Headstones, so if your ancestor does not have a marker I will be happy to tell you how to obtain the markers. 
The marker is free, however, you will need to contact the cemetery where the ancestor is buried to determine whether they will charge you to place the headstone.

If you are surveying a cemetery and you find Confederates in that cemetery, I would appreciate hearing from you. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Margaret Alley
Grave Markers Director
California Division
United Daughters of the Confederacy

PO Box 3295
Montebello CA 90640-3295