Civil War: Company E, 1st California Cavalry &
Lieutenant, New Mexico Volunteers Co. 1 1st New Mexico Infantry.
Edward E. Ayer enlisted as a sergeant at San Francisco, California, October 14, 1861, and was mustered into Company E, 1st California Cavalry, at the Presidio of San Francisco October 15. Sergeant Ayer participated in the California Column's march to New Mexico Territory, where he was mustered out at Santa Fe February 26, 1864, to accept a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the New Mexico Volunteers. He was mustered out of the New Mexico Volunteers at Santa Fe October 5, 1865 (Orton, p. 122). After the war he returned to California where he went into business and made a fortune selling railroad ties. He died at his winter home in Pasadena, California, where one of his personal friends was Henry E. Huntington, founder of the Huntington Library and the nephew of 19th-Century railroad tycoon Collis P. Huntington. Ayer's biography, The Life of Edward E. Ayer, by Frank C. Lockwood, University of Arizona (Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Company, 1929) contains recollections by Ayer of his experiences as a California Volunteer.
Thanks to Steve (#47394147) for the wonderful information.
Lieutenant, New Mexico Volunteers Co. 1 1st New Mexico Infantry.
Edward E. Ayer enlisted as a sergeant at San Francisco, California, October 14, 1861, and was mustered into Company E, 1st California Cavalry, at the Presidio of San Francisco October 15. Sergeant Ayer participated in the California Column's march to New Mexico Territory, where he was mustered out at Santa Fe February 26, 1864, to accept a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the New Mexico Volunteers. He was mustered out of the New Mexico Volunteers at Santa Fe October 5, 1865 (Orton, p. 122). After the war he returned to California where he went into business and made a fortune selling railroad ties. He died at his winter home in Pasadena, California, where one of his personal friends was Henry E. Huntington, founder of the Huntington Library and the nephew of 19th-Century railroad tycoon Collis P. Huntington. Ayer's biography, The Life of Edward E. Ayer, by Frank C. Lockwood, University of Arizona (Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Company, 1929) contains recollections by Ayer of his experiences as a California Volunteer.
Thanks to Steve (#47394147) for the wonderful information.
Civil War: Company E, 1st California Cavalry &
Lieutenant, New Mexico Volunteers Co. 1 1st New Mexico Infantry.
Edward E. Ayer enlisted as a sergeant at San Francisco, California, October 14, 1861, and was mustered into Company E, 1st California Cavalry, at the Presidio of San Francisco October 15. Sergeant Ayer participated in the California Column's march to New Mexico Territory, where he was mustered out at Santa Fe February 26, 1864, to accept a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the New Mexico Volunteers. He was mustered out of the New Mexico Volunteers at Santa Fe October 5, 1865 (Orton, p. 122). After the war he returned to California where he went into business and made a fortune selling railroad ties. He died at his winter home in Pasadena, California, where one of his personal friends was Henry E. Huntington, founder of the Huntington Library and the nephew of 19th-Century railroad tycoon Collis P. Huntington. Ayer's biography, The Life of Edward E. Ayer, by Frank C. Lockwood, University of Arizona (Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Company, 1929) contains recollections by Ayer of his experiences as a California Volunteer.
Thanks to Steve (#47394147) for the wonderful information.
Lieutenant, New Mexico Volunteers Co. 1 1st New Mexico Infantry.
Edward E. Ayer enlisted as a sergeant at San Francisco, California, October 14, 1861, and was mustered into Company E, 1st California Cavalry, at the Presidio of San Francisco October 15. Sergeant Ayer participated in the California Column's march to New Mexico Territory, where he was mustered out at Santa Fe February 26, 1864, to accept a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the New Mexico Volunteers. He was mustered out of the New Mexico Volunteers at Santa Fe October 5, 1865 (Orton, p. 122). After the war he returned to California where he went into business and made a fortune selling railroad ties. He died at his winter home in Pasadena, California, where one of his personal friends was Henry E. Huntington, founder of the Huntington Library and the nephew of 19th-Century railroad tycoon Collis P. Huntington. Ayer's biography, The Life of Edward E. Ayer, by Frank C. Lockwood, University of Arizona (Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Company, 1929) contains recollections by Ayer of his experiences as a California Volunteer.
Thanks to Steve (#47394147) for the wonderful information.
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