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5th California Infantry Regiment

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The 5th Regiment California Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [1]

40 relations: American Civil War, Battle of Mount Gray, Benicia, California, California Column, Camp Union, Cooke's Spring, New Mexico, Culver City, California, Department of New Mexico, Department of the Pacific, Drum Barracks, El Paso, Texas, Fort Barrett, Fort Craig, Fort Fillmore, Fort Stanton, Fort Yuma, George Washington Bowie, Gila River, Grass Valley, California, Infantry, Las Cruces, New Mexico, List of California Civil War Union units, Los Angeles, Mesilla, New Mexico, Mission Camp, New Mexico Territory, Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station, Pima Villages, Placerville, California, Sacramento, California, San Diego, San Pedro River (Arizona), Santa Cruz, California, Skirmish in Doubtful Canyon, Texas, Tucson, Arizona, Union (American Civil War), Union Army, United States, Yreka, California.

American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Battle of Mount Gray

The Battle of Mount Gray was a little-known engagement of the Apache Wars fought at the foothills of Gray Mountain, then known as Mount Gray on April 7, 1864.

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Benicia, California

Benicia is a waterside city in Solano County, California, located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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California Column

The California Column was a force of Union volunteers sent to Arizona and New Mexico during the American Civil War.

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Camp Union

Camp Union was a military training center for the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Cooke's Spring, New Mexico

Cooke's Spring, or Cookes Spring, a spring in Luna County, New Mexico at an elevation of 4839 feet.

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Culver City, California

Culver City is a city in Los Angeles County, California.

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Department of New Mexico

The Department of New Mexico was a department of the United States Army during the mid-19th century.

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Department of the Pacific

The Department of the Pacific or Pacific Department was a major command (Department) of the United States Army during the 19th century.

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Drum Barracks

The Drum Barracks, also known as Camp Drum and the Drum Barracks Civil War Museum, is the last remaining original American Civil War era military facility in the Los Angeles area.

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El Paso, Texas

El Paso (from Spanish, "the pass") is a city in and the seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.

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Fort Barrett

Fort Barrett was a temporary earthwork built by the United States Army's California Column in 1862 during the American Civil War.

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Fort Craig

Fort Craig was a U.S. Army fort located along El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, near Elephant Butte Lake State Park and the Rio Grande in Socorro County, New Mexico.

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Fort Fillmore

Fort Fillmore, located at 32°13′30″N 106°42′52″W, was a United States military fortification established by Colonel Edwin Vose Sumner in September 1851 near Mesilla in what is now New Mexico, primarily for the purpose of protecting settlers and traders traveling to California.

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Fort Stanton

Fort Stanton (built 1855) was a U.S. military fort built in New Mexico in the United States.

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Fort Yuma

Fort Yuma was a fort in California located in Imperial County, across the Colorado River from Yuma, Arizona.

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George Washington Bowie

George Washington Bowie (1827 – August 11, 1901), was a Civil War Union officer, commander of 5th Regiment California Volunteer Infantry, brevetted Brigadier General of Volunteers.

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Gila River

The Gila River (O'odham Pima: Keli Akimel or simply Akimel, Quechan: Haa Siʼil) is a tributary of the Colorado River flowing through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States.

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Grass Valley, California

The city of Grass Valley is the largest city in the western region of Nevada County, California, United States.

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Infantry

Infantry is the branch of an army that engages in military combat on foot, distinguished from cavalry, artillery, and tank forces.

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Las Cruces, New Mexico

Las Cruces, also known as "The City of the Crosses", is the seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.

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List of California Civil War Union units

In 1861 four infantry regiments were recruited in Pennsylvania by Californian Senator Edward D. Baker.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Mesilla, New Mexico

Mesilla (also known as La Mesilla and Old Mesilla) is a town in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.

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Mission Camp

Mission Camp, is a historic locale, site of a later Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach station, located about four and a half miles west of Wellton on the south bank of the Gila River, in Yuma County, Arizona.

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New Mexico Territory

The Territory of New Mexico was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed (with varying boundaries) from September 9, 1850, until January 6, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of New Mexico, making it the longest-lived organized incorporated territory of the United States, lasting approximately 62 years.

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Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station

Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station is located in the western foothills of the Laguna Mountains, in northern San Diego County, California.

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Pima Villages

Pima Villages, sometimes mistakenly called the Pimos Villages in the 19th century, were the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and Pee-Posh (Maricopa) villages in what is now the Gila River Indian Community in Pinal County, Arizona.

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Placerville, California

Placerville (formerly Old Dry Diggings, Dry Diggings, and Hangtown) is the county seat of El Dorado County, California.

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Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County.

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San Diego

San Diego (Spanish for 'Saint Didacus') is a major city in California, United States.

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San Pedro River (Arizona)

The San Pedro River is a northward-flowing stream originating about south of the international border south of Sierra Vista, Arizona, in Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico.

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Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz (Holy Cross) is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California.

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Skirmish in Doubtful Canyon

The Skirmish in Doubtful Canyon took place on May 3, 1864 between a company of infantry from the California Column and a band of about 100 Apaches.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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Tucson, Arizona

Tucson is a city and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and home to the University of Arizona.

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Union (American Civil War)

During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States of America and specifically to the national government of President Abraham Lincoln and the 20 free states, as well as 4 border and slave states (some with split governments and troops sent both north and south) that supported it.

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Union Army

During the American Civil War, the Union Army referred to the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Yreka, California

Yreka is the county seat of Siskiyou County, California, United States, located near the Shasta River at 2,500 feet (760 m) above sea level and covering about 10.1 sq mi (26 km2) area, of which most is land.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_California_Infantry_Regiment

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