Battle at Pitts River, California
August 1, 1861

Union: 1st U. S. Dragoons.

As an incident of a scout from Fort Crook, California, a detail under Lieut. John Feilner came upon a party of Indians driving stolen cattle in the Upper Pitt river valley, Feilner at once attacked, 1 Indian was killed and 3 wounded, while the soldiers had but 1 man, Feilner, wounded.

Source: All the Battles of the Civil War