18:4718:47, 17 May 2024diffhist+30 m
1st California Cavalry Battalion
this battle is company B took part in "In April, word arrived at San Juan that the Mason-Henry gang had struck at Firebaugh's Ferry. Captain Jimeno, temporarily in command of Camp Low, sent Lieutenant Lafferty and a detachment of five men in pursuit of the bandits. Hoping to cut off the gang at Panoche Pass, the lancers rode south along the western flank of the Diablo Range and encountered Mason the next morning. As the bandit spurred his horse in a desperate attempt to escape, Lafferty fired,"Tag: Visual edit
18:0818:08, 17 May 2024diffhist+52 m
Skirmish at Grass Valley
This battle sounds just like a little close to the The Grass Valley Massacre " Timpanogos account of the incident is that when the soldiers first approached their camp, the leader of the band showed the paper to one of the soldiers, and he was the first one shot, and the soldier who shot him then beheaded him with his sword. The soldiers then surrounded the camp and opened fire on them killing women, men, and children. "(https://blackhawkproductions.com/squaw.htm)Tag: Visual edit
02:2802:28, 17 May 2024diffhist+33 m
1st California Cavalry Battalion
I added a butte they took part in "Captain Jimeno's cavalry tracked a party of Apaches to an encampment at Sulphur Springs on Christmas Eve. Attacking from ambush, the Californios killed one Indian, wounded two others, and scattered the remainder." on militarymuseum.orgTag: Visual edit