Category:Group-Mexican War veterans

War veterans who ended up in the Santa Cruz area can be categorized as those who:

1. Served prior to coming to California (no names found so far)
2. Enlisted with Fremont's California Battalion after arrival in California. These included: Ashley, Baldwin, Blackburn, Daubenbiss, Hames, Sinclair, Snyder, Sweet,
3. Came by sea with their US Navy or Army units. These included: John Custer (Riptide CE38); Abraham Hendricks (Riptide CPL2)
4. Came to San Francisco by sea in 1847 with Stevenson's Regiment of New York Volunteers. These included Stevenson himself, and: Ball, Clements, Dreher, Samuel W. Haight (Riptide CE36), Kooser, Per Lee, Norris, Roach, Augustus A. St. Johns (Riptide CE43) Tait (Riptide CPL9). and Woods. Mexican-American War service in the New York Volunteers regiment is documented in "The First regiment of New York volunteers, commanded by Col. Jonathan D. Stevenson, in the Mexican war", an 1882 book viewable online at Internet Archive (note: the list of names does not include all of those whose service in this regiment is noted in other sources).
5. Came by land to San Diego in 1847 with the Mormon Battalion. These included: John Allen (Riptide CE40)