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The Second Mass and Its Fighting Californians

A Reference site of images, articles, artifacts of the Second Massachusetts Cavalry including the Cal 100 and the Cal Battalion.

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Images: The Battalion (Co.'s E, F, L & M)

Over 2500 men served in the Second Massachusetts.  If you have an image of one of them, please send it to reunion@cox.net for inclusion in this reference site.

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Image Pages
Staff
The Hundred
The Battalion
Co.'s B, C, D, G, H, I, K

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Charles Eigenbrodt Captain Co. E 
KIA Halltown 8/25/64
John C. Norcross
Lt. Co. E
Sutter's Fort State Historical Park

 

W. Sherman M. Sorenson M. Sorenson W. Sherman Rick Carlile Sutter's Fort State Historical Park
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Sgt. Edgar Blanche Co. E (shown as Lt. 5th Mass Cav) Possibly Walter S. Barnes
Co. E
George N. Buhrer
Co. E
John A. Cain
Corp. Co. E
his story
Sgt. Hiram Clark Co. E (shown as Lt. 5th Mass Cav) Waldo L. Fay Co. E
USAMHI

 

M. Sorenson

 

M. Sorenson

 

W. Sherman Rick Carlile/USAMHI W. Sherman

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Charles Jenkins
Sgt. Co. E
Abner Mallory Co. E (shown as Lt. 5th Mass Cav)

Sylvanus Shaw
Co. E

 Jacob Walther
Co. E
died 10/17/64
W. Sherman

 

 

 

USAMHI Rick Carlile

 

W. Sherman

Rick Carlile 

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David DeMerritt
Capt. Co. F
Henry Crocker
Lt. E, Capt. F
[MOH]
Rufus W. Smith
Lt. Co. F, Captain Co. A
[bio]
Edward Thompson, Lt., Capt. Co. F Chester Case
Co. F
Jackson Cossell Co. F
Sutter's Fort State Historical Park
USAMHI USAMHI

 

MOLLUS

Dennis Case Brown

Sutter's Fort State Historical Park
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Everard Drisko
Bugler, Co. F
at age 16
Stephen F. Landis
Co. F
Sgt. Lewis Munger Co. F
KIA Five Forks
John Shurtleff
Co. F

Unknown found in
 Co. F. album

Unknown Co. F
L. Rogers/USAMHI

Sutter's Fort State Historical Park Victoria Faudree

 

Rick Carlile Rick Carlile

 

Welch3_5hi.jpg (19613 bytes) Welch2_5hi.jpg (13118 bytes) Horace Welch Co. F Welch_CoF.jpg (35126 bytes) Wakefield_CoL.jpg (22916 bytes) williams5hi.jpg (22541 bytes) Wilson_CoF.jpg (17005 bytes)
Horace Welch
Co. F
(as Lt. 5th Mass. Cavalry) 1st Sgt. Ethanan Wakefield, Co. F R. H. Williams
Co. F [bio]
George Wilson
Co. F (from a 5th Mass album)
M. Sorenson

 

Rick Carlile from Wakefield Chapel, by Dr. Anne A. Evans

 

M. Sorenson Rick Carlile

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Zabdiel Adams, 
Capt. Co. L
Wm. C. Manning
Lt. Co. L
Josiah A. Baldwin
as Lt. Co. L
W. Sherman

 

M. Sorenson

 

Sutter's Fort State Historical Park

USAMHI Wayne Sherman
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Sgt. John Anderson Co. L (shown as Lt. 5th Mass Cav) Sgt. Samuel W. Backus, Co. L Sgt. Henry Kuhls Co. L John L. Finley
Corp. Co. L
Probably Solon Kimball, Co. L
Rick Carlile/USAMHI W. Sherman

 

M. Sorenson

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George Manning, Capt. Co. M
[story]

 

Josiah A. Baldwin
as Lt. Co. M
Wesley C. Howe
Lt. Co. M
Mike Sorenson

 

USAMHI  M. Sorenson USAMHI Rick Carlile
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DeMerritt_CoF.jpg (47494 bytes)

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Charles E. Meader Lt. Co M KIA Halltown Alvin W. Stone
Lt., Co. M
Joseph Bluett, Co. M James H. Ebey
Co. M
MOLLUS Sutter's Fort State Historical Park

 

USAMHI awrence DiRicco Sorenson/USAMHI Rick Carlile
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Joseph H. Burke, Co. M  Died at Andersonville John M. Locke
Corp. Co. M
Gilbert Merritt
Sgt. Co. M
Henry P. Miles
Musician
Peter Van Slyke
Bugler
David Watson
 Co. M
James P. Wilburn
Co. M
M. Sorenson

 

Bob & Fred Locke USAMHI

 

William A hlborn Mike Graswick

 

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Unidentified
Co. M
Unidentified
Co. M
Unidentified
Co. M
Unidentified
Co. M
Unidentified
Co. M
Unidentified
Co. M
Unidentified
Co. M
W. Sherman

 

M. Sorenson M. Sorenson Rick Carlile Rick Carlile
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Unidentified
Co. M
Mark Dexter