Los Angeles Mounted Rifles, a California State Militia company, organized in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California on March 7, 1861. It was composed of Californios, and many pro-seccesionist Americans mostly from the southern states that were sympathetic to the Confederacy. They became known for their epic journey across the deserts of the southwest to reach the Confederacy saving Albert Sidney Johnston and two other former U.S. Army officers from the south from arrest in Southern California.
The March 9, 1861 issure of the Los Angeles Star reported:
Category:California in the American Civil War|Los Angeles Mounted Rifles]] Category:Military history of California|Los Angeles Mounted Rifles]]
Los Angeles Mounted Rifles, a California State Militia company, organized in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California on March 7, 1861. It was composed of Californios, and many pro-seccesionist Americans mostly from the southern states that were sympathetic to the Confederacy. They became known for their epic journey across the deserts of the southwest to reach the Confederacy saving Albert Sidney Johnston and two other former U.S. Army officers from the south from arrest in Southern California.
The March 9, 1861 issure of the Los Angeles Star reported:
Category:California in the American Civil War|Los Angeles Mounted Rifles]] Category:Military history of California|Los Angeles Mounted Rifles]]