California sabers
Subtitle: the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry in the Civil War
By: James McLean.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: United States. Army. Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1862-1865); Soldiers -- California -- History -- 19th century.; Massachusetts -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations.; California -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Description: "California Sabers is the story of the California Hundred and Battalion, the only organized group of Californians to fight in the East during the Civil War. The 500 select men volunteered their enlistment bounty to pay their passage across Panama and on to Massachusetts, where they became the cadre of the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-330) and index.