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Edwards, G. Thomas. "Six Oregon Leaders and the Far-Reaching Impact of America's Civil War". Oregon Historical Quarterly 100#1 (Spring 1999): 4–31. Etulain, Richard W. Lincoln and Oregon Country Politics in the Civil War Era (2013). Smith, Stacey L. "Oregon's Civil War: The Troubled Legacy of Emancipation in the Pacific Northwest."
Many immigrants went to the West to avoid the draft: in all practicality, the federal government could not call on westerners to serve. That was part of the motivation of Samuel Clemens when he went with his brother, Orion, to the Nevada territory in 1861: Clemens (soon to take the name Mark Twain) did not want to be drafted by Union forces to serve as a riverboat pilot.
The Golden State in the Civil War: Thomas Starr King, the Republican Party, and the Birth of Modern California by Glenna Matthews (2012) is the new standard source for California and the Civil War. Since Mike Green is an excellent historian of the US during the Civil War and reconstruction, I recommend his recent Nevada: A History of the Silver State for at least a section of Nevada and the ...
Aug 13, 2013 · Sherman was in good company in California before the Civil War, among his fellow residents were Ulysses S. Grant, who spent time in San Francisco during the Gold Rush, Joseph Hooker, who led a state militia from 1859-1861, and Mark Twain, who moved to California during the Civil War at the age of 29, following a stint in a Confederate State Militia.
- California was viewed as a valuable asset to the Union due to its rich gold deposits. The gold was a very valuable resource for the Union. Grant on...
- During the secession crisis, Northern California was securely in the Union’s hands. Southern California, however, had a vocal minority of Southerne...
- Some of the Civil War’s most famous figures spent time in California before the war. William Sherman performed various administrative duties in Cal...
- In the years before the Civil War, Winfield Scott Hancock served as assistant quartermaster under Albert Johnston. While in California, Hancock bec...
- At the start of the Civil War, Californians wished to support the country they had joined the decade before. Californians were eventually able to s...
- On July 3rd, the California Brigade was charged with defending the Angle during Pickett’s Charge. The Confederate effort against the Angle was grea...
- Throughout California there were a number of Camps and Forts used for Pro-Union state militias and the Union Army. One of these many forts was the...
- The California Column was a group of 5,000 Union volunteers from California. During the summer of 1862, the California Column marched 900 miles to...
- Rufus Ingram was commissioned as a Confederate Captain in 1864 and began recruiting men in Southern California to join his group of Partisan Ranger...
- Despite being separated from the majority of the hallowed ground of the Civil War by more than 2,000 miles, Californians continue to honor the dedi...
Oregon Why Oregon had to have volunteer troops During the Civil War, there was still a huge incoming population of miners and settlers to the region. They were hoping to get lucky in the newly found gold fields of Oregon, especially near Canyon City and on the John Day River.
Oregon and gave rise to new organizations aimed at putting down those rebellions. Oregon’s showdown over slavery did not get resolved until eight months after the end of the Civil War, when the state’s antislavery Unionists ratified the Thirteenth Amendment. Oregon’s racial diversity ensured that all Oregonians had a huge stake in
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Nov 18, 2018 · California is not talked about too much in the context of the American Civil War (1861-65). It had only joined the Union in 1850 and was far from the main action in the east of the USA. However, California did have a part to play during the US Civil War. Daniel L. Smith explains.
