Roderick N. Matheson
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Matheson was born in Inverness, Scotland, and emigrated to New York City with his parents at the age of 15. During the California Gold Rush he moved to San Francisco. In 1856 he moved to Healdsburg, California, becoming a prominent city benefactor and wealthy landowner. He traveled to Washington, D.C., for Abraham Lincoln's inauguration in 1861, intending to stay only a few weeks, but found himself swept up in the fever of approaching war.[1]
Matheson was the colonel and commander of the 32nd Regiment of New York Volunteers, which he founded in June 1861[2] and which he referred to as the 1st California Regiment.[3] He fought in the First Battle of Bull Run, the Peninsula Campaign, and the Seven Days Battles. He was mortally wounded at Crampton's Gap during the Battle of South Mountain.[4]
Matheson is buried in Oak Mound Cemetery in Healdsburg. A major street in the town is named after him.[1]
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- ↑ a b Hannah Clayborn's History of Healdsburg, Retrieved on March 30, 2009.
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- ↑ The more prominent "1st California" was the regiment raised by Edward D. Baker, redesignated the 71st Pennsylvania Infantry.
- ↑ The California State Military Museum 32nd Regiment of Infantry, New York Volunteers, Retrieved on February 12, 2008.
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