Camp Union, Sutterville

Sacramento County · Sutterville and Del Rio, Sacramento · location approximate

The 5th Infantry Regiment, California Volunteers, was organized here on 8 October 1861 and trained by Brevet Brigadier General George W. Bowie for duty in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas against the Confederate forces. Since this was the year of the great flood, the troops aided the flood-stricken capital. Company F (Sacramento Rangers), 2d Cavalry Regiment, California Vounteers, was organized in Sacramento 29 August 1861 and later served here. This company furnished a large number of officers for other units of the California Volunteers.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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