Category: Civil War

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  Chapter 15, Part II – The California Column

  Colonel James H. Carleton, First Regiment of Infantry, California Volunteers     In July of 1861, President Lincoln approved an act which authorized the employment of volunteers to aid in law enforcement and the protection of public property. As a result of this, California raised one Infantry and five Cavalry…

  November 8, 2023
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  CHAPTER 15 – The Civil War Years, Part I

  The Southern Route Suspended On February 28, 1861, an act of Congress mandated the following: That whenever, in the opinion of the Postmaster-General the postal service cannot be safely continued, or the post-office revenues collected, or the postal law maintained, on any post route, by reason of any cause whatsoever,…

  November 3, 2023