Samuel J. Tant:
Enlisted 28 June 1862 @ Camp Halleck, CA as a Private. Transferred to Co. C on 29 Oct 1864. Mustered out 15 July 1865 at Camp Douglas, UT.
3rd Regiment, California Infantry History
Organized at Stockton and Benicia Barracks September 15 to December 3, 1861. Attached to Districts of California and Utah, Dept of the Pacific. Duty at Benicia Barracks till July, 1862.
Regiment at Benicia Barracks till July, 1862. Marched via Fort Churchill and Ruby Valley to Utah to protect Overland mail route July to November. Scouts from Fort Churchill, Nev., to Honey Lake Valley, Calif., November 3-29, 1862. Expedition from Fort Ruby, Nev., to Sierra Nevada Mountains November 22-27, 1862 (Co. "F"). Skirmish on Bear River, Utah, January 26, 1863 (Co. "K"). Engagement on Bear River January 29 (Co. "K"). Expedition from Camp Douglass to Soda Springs, on Bear River, Idaho, May 5-30, 1863 (Co. "H"). Duty at Camp Douglass, Camp Connor and in the District of Utah till July, 1866.
Regiment mustered out on July 27, 1866.
Enlisted 28 June 1862 @ Camp Halleck, CA as a Private. Transferred to Co. C on 29 Oct 1864. Mustered out 15 July 1865 at Camp Douglas, UT.
3rd Regiment, California Infantry History
Organized at Stockton and Benicia Barracks September 15 to December 3, 1861. Attached to Districts of California and Utah, Dept of the Pacific. Duty at Benicia Barracks till July, 1862.
Regiment at Benicia Barracks till July, 1862. Marched via Fort Churchill and Ruby Valley to Utah to protect Overland mail route July to November. Scouts from Fort Churchill, Nev., to Honey Lake Valley, Calif., November 3-29, 1862. Expedition from Fort Ruby, Nev., to Sierra Nevada Mountains November 22-27, 1862 (Co. "F"). Skirmish on Bear River, Utah, January 26, 1863 (Co. "K"). Engagement on Bear River January 29 (Co. "K"). Expedition from Camp Douglass to Soda Springs, on Bear River, Idaho, May 5-30, 1863 (Co. "H"). Duty at Camp Douglass, Camp Connor and in the District of Utah till July, 1866.
Regiment mustered out on July 27, 1866.
Samuel J. Tant:
Enlisted 28 June 1862 @ Camp Halleck, CA as a Private. Transferred to Co. C on 29 Oct 1864. Mustered out 15 July 1865 at Camp Douglas, UT.
3rd Regiment, California Infantry History
Organized at Stockton and Benicia Barracks September 15 to December 3, 1861. Attached to Districts of California and Utah, Dept of the Pacific. Duty at Benicia Barracks till July, 1862.
Regiment at Benicia Barracks till July, 1862. Marched via Fort Churchill and Ruby Valley to Utah to protect Overland mail route July to November. Scouts from Fort Churchill, Nev., to Honey Lake Valley, Calif., November 3-29, 1862. Expedition from Fort Ruby, Nev., to Sierra Nevada Mountains November 22-27, 1862 (Co. "F"). Skirmish on Bear River, Utah, January 26, 1863 (Co. "K"). Engagement on Bear River January 29 (Co. "K"). Expedition from Camp Douglass to Soda Springs, on Bear River, Idaho, May 5-30, 1863 (Co. "H"). Duty at Camp Douglass, Camp Connor and in the District of Utah till July, 1866.
Regiment mustered out on July 27, 1866.
Enlisted 28 June 1862 @ Camp Halleck, CA as a Private. Transferred to Co. C on 29 Oct 1864. Mustered out 15 July 1865 at Camp Douglas, UT.
3rd Regiment, California Infantry History
Organized at Stockton and Benicia Barracks September 15 to December 3, 1861. Attached to Districts of California and Utah, Dept of the Pacific. Duty at Benicia Barracks till July, 1862.
Regiment at Benicia Barracks till July, 1862. Marched via Fort Churchill and Ruby Valley to Utah to protect Overland mail route July to November. Scouts from Fort Churchill, Nev., to Honey Lake Valley, Calif., November 3-29, 1862. Expedition from Fort Ruby, Nev., to Sierra Nevada Mountains November 22-27, 1862 (Co. "F"). Skirmish on Bear River, Utah, January 26, 1863 (Co. "K"). Engagement on Bear River January 29 (Co. "K"). Expedition from Camp Douglass to Soda Springs, on Bear River, Idaho, May 5-30, 1863 (Co. "H"). Duty at Camp Douglass, Camp Connor and in the District of Utah till July, 1866.
Regiment mustered out on July 27, 1866.
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