Excerpt from Reminiscences of California and the Civil War For quite a number of years I have been requested by my friends, especially by my niece, to write an

Published in 1894, these are the reminiscences of the author of his time serving in the United States Army in California during the American Civil War.

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Excerpt from Gold and Sunshine: Reminiscences of Early California In April, 1769, the San Antonio sailed into the splendid harbor of San Diego. She had been sen