Military Units Formed in California

The National Archives Index contains 21,405 names from California - all Union.

CONFEDERATE UNITS:

California's Confederate Militia: The Los Angeles Mounted Rifles

Belt's Partisan Rangers

Ingram's Partisan Rangers

Monte Mounted Rangers

UNION UNITS

California Volunteers

1st Battalion of Mountaineers - 559 names

1st Battalion of Native Cavalry - 821 names

1st Cavalry Regiment - 2445 names

1st Infantry Regiment - 1765 names

1st Veteran Infantry - 626 names

2nd Cavalry Regiment - 3555 names

2nd Infantry Regiment - 2529 names

3rd Infantry Regiment - 1849 names

4th Infantry Regiment - 2114 names

5th Infantry Regiment - 1365 names

6th Infantry Regiment - 1365 names

7th Infantry Regiment - 1323 names

8th Infantry Regiment - 1347 names

Mounted Detachment, California Infantry (3 months, 1861) - 30 names

Massachusetts Volunteers

2nd Regiment of Cavalry (California 100 and the California Cavalry Battalion)

Pennsylvania Volunteers

The California Brigade

69th Regiment of Infantry (2nd California Regiment)

71st Regiment of Infantry (1st California Regiment)

72nd Regiment of Infantry (Baxter's Philadelphia Fire Zouaves) (3rd California Regiment)

106th Regiment of Infantry (5th California Regiment)

New York Volunteers

32nd Regiment of Infantry (1st California Regiment)

California Militia in the Civil War

Encampment of the 3rd Brigade, California Militia

Amador Mountaineers

Auburn Greys

Butte Mounted Rifles

California Volunteers

Coloma Greys

Company "H"

Gibsonville Blues

Los Angeles Mounted Rifles

National Guard, Downieville

Nevada Rifles

Oroville Guard

Petaluma Guard

Plumas Rangers

Sierra Greys

Stockton Blues

Volcano Blues

Naval History of California During the Civil War

Who's Got the Gold?

The Pacific Squadron: 1861-1866

REF: https://www.militarymuseum.org/HistoryCW.html