Californio Lancers
Subtitle: the 1st Battalion of Native Cavalry in the Far West, 1863-1866
By: Tom Prezelski
Series: Frontier Military Series -- volume 34; Frontier military series -- 34.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780870624360
Subjects: United States; United States. Army. California Cavalry Battalion (1862-1865); Regimental histories; Mexican American Participation; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236) and index.
Table of contents: title: A note on language; title: The Californios and the rebellion; title: Company A: San Jose; title: Service in the northern counties; title: Company B: San Francisco and the central coast; title: Company C: Santa Barbara; title: Company D: Los Angeles; title: Service in the southern counties; title: Assembling the battalion; title: The march to Arizona; title: Watching Maximillian's frontier; title: Campaigning against Apaches; title: Into the sunset; title: Appendix A. The men of the native cavalry; title: Appendix B. The women of the native cavalry; title: Appendix C. The chain of command; title: Appendix D. Desertions in the native cavalry; title: Appendix E. Lieutenant de la Guerra pursues deserters, December 1864.