Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must be obtained by the reader.
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Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must be obtained by the reader Autobiography & Reminiscence of John Gallagher, San Francisco, 1904. The Society of California Pioneers John Gallagher became a member of Colonel Stevenson's First New York Regiment of volunteers in 1846. He and his regiment arrived in San Francisco in March of 1847 after a journey around Cape Horn on the vessel "Thomas H. Perkins". From there they traveled to Southern California and then to Mexico where they engaged in battle in La Paz and Todas Santos. At the end of the war John Gallagher was removed to Monterey, California with the rest of his regiment Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 15-36, Vol. 8. This is a typed transcript, bound into a volume, of the member's autobiographical reminiscence created as an institutional record for the Society of California Pioneers. This reminiscence details the author's participation in the Mexican War as a member of Colonel Stevenson's First New York Regiment of volunteers. Descriptions of his travels throughout the state and in Mexico are included as are details regarding battles and the makeup of his regiment. Anecdotes relating to his experiences during the war are provided and include one account of his participation in a rescue of a group of American soldiers held captive by the Mexican Army in San Antonio.
Gallagher, John--b. 1822 Pioneers--California--Biography Mexican War, 1846-1848 California--History--1846-1850 California--Description and travel Santa Barbara (Calif.)--History
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California -- History -- 1846-1850
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Pioneers California Biography History 1846-1850. Description and travel Santa Barbara (Calif.)
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