Name: Levi Duvall
(Lycurgus Dwyer served under this name from 1861-1864)
Enlistment Date: 10 August 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: California Unit Numbers: 27 27
UNION CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS
1st Regiment, California
Infantry
Organized at large August to October, 1861. Company
"K" organized February 12,
1862. Attached to Depts. of the Pacific and New Mexico.
SERVICE.-In camp at Oakland till
October, 1861, and near Los Angeles,
Cali., till December, 1861.
Pursuit and capture of Showalter's party at Warner's Ranch, San
Jose Valley, November
20-29, 1861 (Cos."F" and "G"). Moved to Fort Yuma
December, 1861 and duty there till April, 1862 (Cos. "B,"
"D," "F", "H" and "I").
Company "D" at San Diego.
Companies "A" and "C" at Camp Latham.
Carleton's Expedition from Southern California
through Arizona to Northwest
Texas and New Mexico
April 10-September 20, 1862.
March from Fort Yuma
to Pinos Villages, thence to Tucson,
April 10-May 20.
Expedition up the Gila
River and engagement at Pechecho Pass April
15 (Co. "I").
March from Tucson, Ariz., across Desert to the Rio Grande River July
20-August 15. At La Mesilla till December 25. Moved to Fort Craig December 25-30. Duty by detachments at posts in New Mexico
and Arizona, Las Cruces, Los Pinos, Franklin, Texas; Forts West, Craig, Selden,
Union, Cummings, McRae, Whipple and Sumner, and operating against Indians in
the Districts of New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, till October, 1866. Skirmish at
Pinos Altas Mines January 29, 1863
(1 Co.).
Company "G" at Camp
Wright, Cali.,
January 1 to March 9, 1862. Moved to Fort Yuma and duty there till July 19. Moved to Tucson, Ariz., and duty
there till December 2. At Messilla till April 20, 1863. At Franklin, Texas, till June
26. March to Fort McRae
June 26-July 3. Rio de los Animos July 19. Expedition to Alamcito
Mountains against Indians August 9-20, 1863. Expedition to
Jornado del Muerta August 9-20, 1863. Expedition to Jornado del Muerta August 26-29. Operations against Navajo Indians
August 20-December 16, 1863.
Scout from Fort Wingate
to Ojo Redendo September 15-October 5 (2 Cos.).
Expedition against Indians in New Mexico
November 5-15 and December 5-7, 1863.
Scout in Southeastern Arizona July 6-24, 1864 (Co.
"D"). Expedition from Fort Union August
4-September 15 (Detachment). Affair, San Andreas Mountains, August
12 (Detachment). Scout in Cimarron
River, Northeast N. Mex., September
18-October 5. Engagement with Indians at Adobe Fort, on Canadian
River, N. Mex., November 25 (Cos. "A" and Scout from Fort
Cummings April 28-May 13, 1865 (Co.
"G"). Duty in Districts of New Mexico,
Arizona and Utah
till October, 1866.
Mustered out October 21, 1866.