7th California Volunteer Infantry

U.S. Civil War (1861-1865)

7th California Volunteer Infantry (1864-1866) - Organized at large October to December, 1864.

• Assignments:
  • Department of the Pacific
  • District of Arizona June, 1865

• Movements:
  • Companies "A," "C" and "K" ordered from San Francisco to Camp Drum, March, 1865
  • Companies "A" and "K" to Fort Yuma
  • Company "C" to Fort Mojave

Mustered out June 28, 1866.

Spanish American War (1898-1898)

7th California Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized at San Francisco; mustered into the service of the United States at San Francisco May 9, 1898, with 59 officers and 979 enlisted men.

• Assignments:

• Movements:
  • Changed station from the Presidio of San Francisco to Camp Merritt May 31
  • Left San Francisco October 13; arrived at Los Angeles October 14
  • Furloughed for thirty days October 14
  • Reassembled at Los Angeles November 12

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Los Angeles December 2, 1898, with 50 officers and 1,169 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-none. Enlisted men-died of disease, 20; deserted, 5.

From:

• Correspondence Relating to the War with Spain, Center for Military History, U.S. Army, Vol 1
  • The Organization of the Army during the Spanish-American War, page 509
  • Organization of Volunteers, page 581

Links:

• California Military Museum - 7th California Volunteer Infantry

See Also:

• Spanish American War
• Spanish American War Regiments
• Spanish American War Camps