Captioned:
"Unknown people
Circa 1920...
The following is written on the back:
"Cemetery in Los Angeles where Uncle Lloyd Sands is buried"
Lloyd Sands died in 1916. He served as a private in Company D of the 4th California Infantry during the United States Civil War.".....(photo via Flickr)
These folks, on an apparently chilly winter's day, are visiting the National Cemetery in Sawtelle/Westwood....Pvt. Sands headstone courtesy of Find A Grave....
Mr. Sands spent his final years adjacent to the cemetery at the Veterans Home (what was his disability?....can't decipher the writing)....
Sands was from Indiana, his occupation shows as "miner"....very likely he arrived in Placerville in the years following the Gold Rush....
His final pension card, noting his death on Jan. 5, 1916....
This Civil War unit is of interest, as it was assembled when California was very young to the Union....could these men have been that devoted to its preservation?....but it's probable that many, like Lloyd Sands, were Yankees from back east ....more from Wiki on the 4th California....
The 4th California Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment recruited from northern California during the American Civil War. It was organized at Sacramento, Placerville, and Auburn in September and October 1861.
The regiment was originally organized in 1861. Most of the recruits, caught up in war fever, expected to be sent to the eastern battlefields. They were disappointed to be instead ordered to garrison duty and related tasks on the West Coast, where they spent the remainder of their enlistments. The regiment served principally in the District of Oregon, (Oregon and Washington Territory), and in the District of Southern California, although some companies were shifted to Arizona later in the war. None of these duties required regimental strength, so the companies of the regiment were detached and scattered. The last elements of the regiment were mustered out on April 18, 1866.
Company D - This company was organized at Auburn, Placer County and was named the Volcano Blues.[7] It was mustered into the United States service October 15, 1861. Moved from San Francisco to Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory, October 29-November 4, 1861. At Fort Yamhill, Oregon, until March, 1863. Ordered to Fort Hoskins March 25, and duty there until December, 1864. Expedition from Siletz Block House to Coos Bay April 21-May 12, 1864. At Fort Yamhill until muster out. The company was reorganized and remained at Fort Yamhill. It was finally mustered out at the Presidio, S. F., December 19, 1865.
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