Bibliography for California Civil War Research

California. Adjutant General. Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion 1861 to 1867 Sacramento: J. D. Young, Supt. State Printing, 1890

Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. Ref. See p. 46 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederacy: Florida and Arkansas. NY: Facts on File, 1992. pp. 81?82 (2 photocopied pages). E553S53.1992. (Unit organizational history).

Civil War Naval Chronology 1861-1865. Washington, DC: I\iaval History Division, 1971. Lauds G. W. Gift in information relating to him.

Official Records of Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, Series I, Vol. 17. p 688 on Gift, pp 701-702 on Frazee, pp 700 & 874 on Gift and Frazee.

Official Records of Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion,Series II, Vol. 1. p 283 on Gift and Frazee.

Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the Confederate States to January 1, 1864. Richmond, VA, 1864. Lists both Gift and. Frazee.

Register of Officers of the Confederate States Navy, 1861-1865. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1931. Information on both Gift and Frazee.

Bancroft, Hubert Howe. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. XXIV (History of California, Vol. VII, 1860-1890.) San Francisco, California History Publishing Company 1890. On 1861 Southern California conditions and mention of the desert crossing.

Brewer William H.., Up and Down California in 1860-64. Chapter on Los Angeles republished in Pearsall & Erickson - eds. The Californians: Writing of their Past and Present. San Francisco, CA: Hasperial House, 1961. Excellent description of Los Angeles on the eve of the Civil War.

Castlen, Harriet Gift. Hope Bids Me Onward. Savannah, GA: Chatham Publishing Company, 1945. Biography of George W. Gift to end of Civil War by a daughter written as by him. Contains only one paragraph on the Los Angeles Mounted Rifles.

Guinn, J. M.. A History of California and an Extended History of Los Angeles and Environs, Vol. I. Los Angeles, CA: Historic Record Company, 1915. Has information on Los Angeles in Civil War period.

Hall, Martin Hardwick & Long, Sam. The Confederate Army of New Mexico. Austin, TX: Presidial Press, 1978. Information on Baylor's activities in New Mexico and on Bethel Coopwood. Includes roster of members of Coopwood's San Elizario Spy Company (said to be mostly Californians & Arizonians).

Hancock, Almira. Reminiscences of Winfield Scott Hancock by his Wife. New York, NY: C. L. W ebster & Company, 1887. pp 66-70 relates the story of the Los Angeles farewell party for officers who had resigned to travel overland to the South.

Johnston, William Preston. The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston Embracing his Services in the Armies of the United States, The Republic of Texas and the Confederate States. New York: NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1880. Chapter XVIV (pp 275-291) details the desert crossing citing and referencing letters from A. S. Johnston to his wife and fran Alonzo Ridley, George W. Gift, and Aaron Hardcastle to the author.

Keleher, William A. Turmoil in New Mexico, 1846-1868. Santa Fe, NM: Ryder Press, 1952. His account of the desert crossing mentions Randolph Hughes more prominently than other accounts.

McGroarty, John Steven. History of Los Angeles County. Chicago, IL: American Historical Society, Inc., 1923. On Los Angeles in the Civil War era.

Morrison, Lorrin G., The Man and the Ranch. Los Angeles, CA: the author, 1962. Good information on the ranch, mentions regarding John Rains.

Motts, Wayne E., "Trust in God and Fear Nothing": General Lewis A. Armistead, CSA. Gettysburg, PA: Farnsworth Military House Impressions, 1994. Biography of the general contains little about the desert crossing.

Newmark, Maurice H. & Marco R. - eds.. Sixty Years In California, 1853-1913, Containing The Reminiscences of Harris Newmark. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. Harris Newmark resided in Los Angeles during Civil War days and knew many of the members of the Los Angeles Mounted Rifles well. Provides information relating to Johnston, Sanchez, Rains and Carlisle as well as information on Los Angeles conditions during the first half of 1861.

Orton, Richard H. - compiler. Records of California Men In the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867. Sacramento, CA: State Superintffdent of Printing, 1890. Used for letters of Union officials on Southern sympathizers in Los Angeles and on garrisoning the Overland trail.

Robinson, John W. Los Angeles in Civil War Days, 1860-1865. Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1972. Good book but has little on the Los Angeles Mounted Rifles.

Smith, Wallace E.. This Land was Ours: The Del Valles and Cumulos. Ventura, CA: Ventura County Historical Society, 1977. Contains personal information about Alonzo Ridley who was a good friend of the Del Valle family.

Thompson, Thomas H. & West, Albert Augustus - publishers. Reproduction of Thompson & West's History of Los Angeles County, California with Illustrations, 1890. Berkeley, CA: Howell-Norton, 1959. Has some brief mentions of Gift and Sheriff Sanchez.