Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-236) and index.
A note on language -- The Californios and the rebellion -- Company A: San Jose -- Service in the northern counties -- Company B: San Francisco and the central coast -- Company C: Santa Barbara -- Company D: Los Angeles -- Service in the southern counties -- Assembling the battalion -- The march to Arizona -- Watching Maximillian's frontier -- Campaigning against Apaches -- Into the sunset -- Appendix A. The men of the native cavalry -- Appendix B. The women of the native cavalry -- Appendix C. The chain of command -- Appendix D. Desertions in the native cavalry -- Appendix E. Lieutenant de la Guerra pursues deserters, December 1864