Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Contents
Biography
Correspondents
Descriptive Summary
Title: James and Micajah Littleton Letters,
Date (inclusive): 1863-1866
Box Number: 230
Collector:
Littleton, James E.
Extent: 1 box
Repository:
California State Library
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Unrestricted.
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Please credit California State Library.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], James and Micajah Littleton Letters, California State Library.
Access Points
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Camp Bidwell (Calif.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Cavalry--California
Pioneers--California
Contents
Correspondence and diary.
Biography
Micajah Littleton was born in Georgia, December 10, 1803. He came to California in 1850. A former Mississippi River steamboater,
he captained steamers on the Sacramento River. He died in Alameda, California, June 13, 1880. His son, Eugene M. Littleton,
died in Sacramento January 6, 1869, aged 23. Another son, James E. Littleton, served from 1864-1866 in Company I, Second Regiment
of Cavalry at Camp Bidwell, California.
Correspondents
Major Correspondents
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Littleton, James E.
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Littleton, Micajah, 1804-1880
Other Correspondents