california and the_civil_war[1]
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California and the Civil War
By Charles SomersArticle By James M. McPherson
Gold Rush
1848 at Sutters mill by john Marshall
Onsets on migration to California
Gold supported union forces during the war
Gold mines in northern California
Parallel 36 degrees 30 north
Missouri compromise Senator Stephen
Douglas repel ban on 36 degree line for southern support
Runs through southern california
California admitted as a free state
David C broderick
California state senator 1850 -1851
Killed by David Terry's hand in a duel
September 1859 Some consider the first
shot of the civil war
Confederate flag captured in California
July 4th 1861 Secessionist
Major J. P. Gillis Celebrate both
independence from union and Brittish rule
Biderman and Clark captured flag