California expedition
Subtitle: Stevenson's Regiment of First New York Volunteers
By: by Guy J. Giffen ; with a foreword by Joseph A. Sullivan.
Edition: [1st California ed.]
Series: California heritage -- no. 26
Publisher: Bio-books
Published: 1951
Place of publication: Oakland, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: Stevenson, J. D. -- 1800-1894.; United States. -- Army. -- New York Infantry Regiment, 1st (1846-1848)
Description: In 1846, President Polk sent 955 military volunteers (not regular soldiers) to California to provide a group for colonization. Many returned east after their discharge; many stayed to help build California. The unit roster listed the members and their later lives.
Notes: 650 copies printed.

Bibliography: p. [111].