You’re invited to visit Camp 22 on Saturday,August 31 in historic Old Sacramento. We will be there for the annual Gold Rush Days celebration, so stop by the California Military Museum and see our display of Civil War weapons and artifacts, and meet some Union Army soldiers. If you’re lucky, you may even meet General Wright himself!
This year, we will feature a display about the USS Camanche, the only “ironclad” warship to serve in California during the Civil War. We also will be displaying an officer’s field desk, along with some pistols, swords, and rifles.
Sacramento has a significant Civil War history. It was center of the political debate over whether California would stay in the Union or join the Confederacy. Also, Company B of the 8th California Regiment was recruited here, and during the war the company was sent to Fort Point, then Fort Stevens (in Oregon) to guard against potential Confederate attacks on the gold supply.