hardeeflag
07-31-2004, 04:59 PM
I am looking for resources on the 32nd New York Infantry. This regiment had a sobriquet of the "1st California Regiment." The little I have found describing this regiment says:
"Colonel Roderic Matheson, a native of New York, lived in California. He recruited a regiment, while in the East, composed of men from the West Coast. When this original First California was formed, it was not credited to any state, but was treated as a Regular Army organization. . . . Although he called his unit The First California Regiment, its heroic struggles were noted in battle records as the accomplishments of the 32nd Regiment of New York Volunteers."
I am wondering if any knows if this unit did in fact have men from the west coast serving in its ranks. Thanks in advance to who can provide leads.
"Colonel Roderic Matheson, a native of New York, lived in California. He recruited a regiment, while in the East, composed of men from the West Coast. When this original First California was formed, it was not credited to any state, but was treated as a Regular Army organization. . . . Although he called his unit The First California Regiment, its heroic struggles were noted in battle records as the accomplishments of the 32nd Regiment of New York Volunteers."
I am wondering if any knows if this unit did in fact have men from the west coast serving in its ranks. Thanks in advance to who can provide leads.