Civil War: Company C, 1st Battalion, Native California Cavalry
Felipe de Jesús Badillo y García was born at Santa Bárbara, Alta California, México, and baptized at the Presidio Chapel February 5, 1846 (BP Baptism 01716). He was the son of Francisco Felipe Badillo y Ruíz and his third wife María Rafaela García y Ayala. His father and mother were married at the Santa Bárbara Presidio Chapel September 5, 1835 (BP Marriage 00205). Felipe de Jesús became a U.S. citizen with the transfer of California's sovereignty in 1848. His father and older brother Eduardo were both lynched by Anglo-American vigilantes in 1859 after they were falsely accused of stealing a horse. During the Civil War Felipe enlisted as a private alongside his older brother, José Felipe at Santa Bárbara July 25, 1864. He was mustered into Company C, 1st Battalion, Native California Cavalry. Private Badillo was posted to Fort Mason, Arizona Territory, from September 1865 to January 1866. He returned to California and was mustered out with his company at the Presidio of San Francisco April 2, 1866. He returned to Santa Bárabara and by 1870 was residing in the household of William Runk, blacksmith (1870 US Census). Felipe was living in Santa Ynez when he filed for a Civil War veteran's pension November 28, 1894, and received application No. 1,162,092. He was still single when he died. Initially, he was buried in La Patera (Cieneguitas) Cemetery December 5, 1899, but in 1938 his body was transferred to Calvary Cemetery.
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Biography by Steve
Felipe de Jesús Badillo y García was born at Santa Bárbara, Alta California, México, and baptized at the Presidio Chapel February 5, 1846 (BP Baptism 01716). He was the son of Francisco Felipe Badillo y Ruíz and his third wife María Rafaela García y Ayala. His father and mother were married at the Santa Bárbara Presidio Chapel September 5, 1835 (BP Marriage 00205). Felipe de Jesús became a U.S. citizen with the transfer of California's sovereignty in 1848. His father and older brother Eduardo were both lynched by Anglo-American vigilantes in 1859 after they were falsely accused of stealing a horse. During the Civil War Felipe enlisted as a private alongside his older brother, José Felipe at Santa Bárbara July 25, 1864. He was mustered into Company C, 1st Battalion, Native California Cavalry. Private Badillo was posted to Fort Mason, Arizona Territory, from September 1865 to January 1866. He returned to California and was mustered out with his company at the Presidio of San Francisco April 2, 1866. He returned to Santa Bárabara and by 1870 was residing in the household of William Runk, blacksmith (1870 US Census). Felipe was living in Santa Ynez when he filed for a Civil War veteran's pension November 28, 1894, and received application No. 1,162,092. He was still single when he died. Initially, he was buried in La Patera (Cieneguitas) Cemetery December 5, 1899, but in 1938 his body was transferred to Calvary Cemetery.
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Biography by Steve
Civil War: Company C, 1st Battalion, Native California Cavalry
Felipe de Jesús Badillo y García was born at Santa Bárbara, Alta California, México, and baptized at the Presidio Chapel February 5, 1846 (BP Baptism 01716). He was the son of Francisco Felipe Badillo y Ruíz and his third wife María Rafaela García y Ayala. His father and mother were married at the Santa Bárbara Presidio Chapel September 5, 1835 (BP Marriage 00205). Felipe de Jesús became a U.S. citizen with the transfer of California's sovereignty in 1848. His father and older brother Eduardo were both lynched by Anglo-American vigilantes in 1859 after they were falsely accused of stealing a horse. During the Civil War Felipe enlisted as a private alongside his older brother, José Felipe at Santa Bárbara July 25, 1864. He was mustered into Company C, 1st Battalion, Native California Cavalry. Private Badillo was posted to Fort Mason, Arizona Territory, from September 1865 to January 1866. He returned to California and was mustered out with his company at the Presidio of San Francisco April 2, 1866. He returned to Santa Bárabara and by 1870 was residing in the household of William Runk, blacksmith (1870 US Census). Felipe was living in Santa Ynez when he filed for a Civil War veteran's pension November 28, 1894, and received application No. 1,162,092. He was still single when he died. Initially, he was buried in La Patera (Cieneguitas) Cemetery December 5, 1899, but in 1938 his body was transferred to Calvary Cemetery.
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Biography by Steve
Felipe de Jesús Badillo y García was born at Santa Bárbara, Alta California, México, and baptized at the Presidio Chapel February 5, 1846 (BP Baptism 01716). He was the son of Francisco Felipe Badillo y Ruíz and his third wife María Rafaela García y Ayala. His father and mother were married at the Santa Bárbara Presidio Chapel September 5, 1835 (BP Marriage 00205). Felipe de Jesús became a U.S. citizen with the transfer of California's sovereignty in 1848. His father and older brother Eduardo were both lynched by Anglo-American vigilantes in 1859 after they were falsely accused of stealing a horse. During the Civil War Felipe enlisted as a private alongside his older brother, José Felipe at Santa Bárbara July 25, 1864. He was mustered into Company C, 1st Battalion, Native California Cavalry. Private Badillo was posted to Fort Mason, Arizona Territory, from September 1865 to January 1866. He returned to California and was mustered out with his company at the Presidio of San Francisco April 2, 1866. He returned to Santa Bárabara and by 1870 was residing in the household of William Runk, blacksmith (1870 US Census). Felipe was living in Santa Ynez when he filed for a Civil War veteran's pension November 28, 1894, and received application No. 1,162,092. He was still single when he died. Initially, he was buried in La Patera (Cieneguitas) Cemetery December 5, 1899, but in 1938 his body was transferred to Calvary Cemetery.
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Biography by Steve
Inscription
F. DE J. BADILLO
CO. A. [sic, CO. C.]
1 CAL. CAV. [sic, 1 BTN, NAT. CAL. CAV.]
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