In this episode, we review the basic series of events and context of California's relationship to and involvement with the US Civil War in order to set forthcoming episodes on the topic.
In the third episode in the series, we turn our focus to Democratic Party in California.
In today's episode, we explore the first few major battles in the Mexican American War in the Alta California theater. Our Patreon Page: www.patreon.com/historyofcalifornia...
Dorothy Lazard is an American writer, librarian, and public historian based in Northern California. Her new book is What You Don't Know Will Make...