Civil War: Company C, 1st Battalion, Native California Cavalry
Carlos A. Moreau's father was a French immigrant to México, where Carlos was born in May 1839 or 1846 (sources vary). Carlos arrived in California sometime after the War with Mexico ended. During the Civil War he enlisted as a private at Santa Bárbara July 25, 1864, and was mustered into Company C, 1st Battalion, Native California Cavalry. While posted at Drum Barracks (Wilmington), California, he was appointed an acting hospital steward July 13, 1865. Private Moreau was posted to Fort Mason, Arizona Territory, from September 1865 until January 1866, during which time he was kept busy in the post hospital tending to the many soldiers stricken with malaria. He returned to California and traveled by steamer from Fort Yuma to San Francisco, where he was mustered out at the Presidio of San Francisco April 2, 1866. After the war he relocated to Los Angeles where he became a U.S. citizen June 26, 1867. Carlos remained in Los Angeles County for the rest of his life, working as a drug store clerk in the 1870's and 1880's. Carlos appears as Charles A. Moreau in the 1870 Census living at the home of fellow Native California Cavalry veteran Dr. Vincent Gelcich. He filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension at Los Angeles April 16, 1885, and received application No. 537,729 and certificate No. 445,756. Carlos was a laborer when he was admitted to the Pacific Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, at Sawtelle from his residence at San Pedro on February 8, 1893. He died at the Sawtelle Home of diabetes. According to his Sawtelle Home record, Carlos Moreau was never married and had no known next-of-kin.
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SOLDIERS' HOME DEATHS
Carlos Moreau, late Co. C, First [Native] California Cavalry, a native of Mexico, admitted from San Pedro February 8, 1893, died August 3, aged 56 years.
(Los Angeles Times, August 10, 1902; 9:1)
Biography by Steve
Carlos A. Moreau's father was a French immigrant to México, where Carlos was born in May 1839 or 1846 (sources vary). Carlos arrived in California sometime after the War with Mexico ended. During the Civil War he enlisted as a private at Santa Bárbara July 25, 1864, and was mustered into Company C, 1st Battalion, Native California Cavalry. While posted at Drum Barracks (Wilmington), California, he was appointed an acting hospital steward July 13, 1865. Private Moreau was posted to Fort Mason, Arizona Territory, from September 1865 until January 1866, during which time he was kept busy in the post hospital tending to the many soldiers stricken with malaria. He returned to California and traveled by steamer from Fort Yuma to San Francisco, where he was mustered out at the Presidio of San Francisco April 2, 1866. After the war he relocated to Los Angeles where he became a U.S. citizen June 26, 1867. Carlos remained in Los Angeles County for the rest of his life, working as a drug store clerk in the 1870's and 1880's. Carlos appears as Charles A. Moreau in the 1870 Census living at the home of fellow Native California Cavalry veteran Dr. Vincent Gelcich. He filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension at Los Angeles April 16, 1885, and received application No. 537,729 and certificate No. 445,756. Carlos was a laborer when he was admitted to the Pacific Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, at Sawtelle from his residence at San Pedro on February 8, 1893. He died at the Sawtelle Home of diabetes. According to his Sawtelle Home record, Carlos Moreau was never married and had no known next-of-kin.
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SOLDIERS' HOME DEATHS
Carlos Moreau, late Co. C, First [Native] California Cavalry, a native of Mexico, admitted from San Pedro February 8, 1893, died August 3, aged 56 years.
(Los Angeles Times, August 10, 1902; 9:1)
Biography by Steve
Civil War: Company C, 1st Battalion, Native California Cavalry
Carlos A. Moreau's father was a French immigrant to México, where Carlos was born in May 1839 or 1846 (sources vary). Carlos arrived in California sometime after the War with Mexico ended. During the Civil War he enlisted as a private at Santa Bárbara July 25, 1864, and was mustered into Company C, 1st Battalion, Native California Cavalry. While posted at Drum Barracks (Wilmington), California, he was appointed an acting hospital steward July 13, 1865. Private Moreau was posted to Fort Mason, Arizona Territory, from September 1865 until January 1866, during which time he was kept busy in the post hospital tending to the many soldiers stricken with malaria. He returned to California and traveled by steamer from Fort Yuma to San Francisco, where he was mustered out at the Presidio of San Francisco April 2, 1866. After the war he relocated to Los Angeles where he became a U.S. citizen June 26, 1867. Carlos remained in Los Angeles County for the rest of his life, working as a drug store clerk in the 1870's and 1880's. Carlos appears as Charles A. Moreau in the 1870 Census living at the home of fellow Native California Cavalry veteran Dr. Vincent Gelcich. He filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension at Los Angeles April 16, 1885, and received application No. 537,729 and certificate No. 445,756. Carlos was a laborer when he was admitted to the Pacific Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, at Sawtelle from his residence at San Pedro on February 8, 1893. He died at the Sawtelle Home of diabetes. According to his Sawtelle Home record, Carlos Moreau was never married and had no known next-of-kin.
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SOLDIERS' HOME DEATHS
Carlos Moreau, late Co. C, First [Native] California Cavalry, a native of Mexico, admitted from San Pedro February 8, 1893, died August 3, aged 56 years.
(Los Angeles Times, August 10, 1902; 9:1)
Biography by Steve
Carlos A. Moreau's father was a French immigrant to México, where Carlos was born in May 1839 or 1846 (sources vary). Carlos arrived in California sometime after the War with Mexico ended. During the Civil War he enlisted as a private at Santa Bárbara July 25, 1864, and was mustered into Company C, 1st Battalion, Native California Cavalry. While posted at Drum Barracks (Wilmington), California, he was appointed an acting hospital steward July 13, 1865. Private Moreau was posted to Fort Mason, Arizona Territory, from September 1865 until January 1866, during which time he was kept busy in the post hospital tending to the many soldiers stricken with malaria. He returned to California and traveled by steamer from Fort Yuma to San Francisco, where he was mustered out at the Presidio of San Francisco April 2, 1866. After the war he relocated to Los Angeles where he became a U.S. citizen June 26, 1867. Carlos remained in Los Angeles County for the rest of his life, working as a drug store clerk in the 1870's and 1880's. Carlos appears as Charles A. Moreau in the 1870 Census living at the home of fellow Native California Cavalry veteran Dr. Vincent Gelcich. He filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension at Los Angeles April 16, 1885, and received application No. 537,729 and certificate No. 445,756. Carlos was a laborer when he was admitted to the Pacific Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, at Sawtelle from his residence at San Pedro on February 8, 1893. He died at the Sawtelle Home of diabetes. According to his Sawtelle Home record, Carlos Moreau was never married and had no known next-of-kin.
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SOLDIERS' HOME DEATHS
Carlos Moreau, late Co. C, First [Native] California Cavalry, a native of Mexico, admitted from San Pedro February 8, 1893, died August 3, aged 56 years.
(Los Angeles Times, August 10, 1902; 9:1)
Biography by Steve
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