San Luis Obispo County Military Records
Civil War
- California in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for California, and how to find them.
- Fred. Steele Post No. 70, G. A. R. 1886
- 1st Battalion, California Native Cavalry
- List of Soldiers in First Battalion of Native Cavalry
- Private Joaquin Baldes, San Luis Obispo, Cal., enlisted in Company A on May 3, 1863; Died of disease at Tubac, Arizona Territory, Nov. 3, 1865.
- Company C was recruited almost entirely in Santa Barbara and was commanded by Captain Antonio Maria de la Guerra.
- Notes on burials in Old Mission Cemetery of two civil war veterans from 1st Battalion, California Native Cavalry, José Antonio Romero and José Victoriano Olivas
- California Military Digitized Film Volume Reel 0002 Compiled records showing service of military units in volunteer Union organizations - 1st Battalion, California Native Cavalry; Second Cavalry, First Infantry; 1st Battalion Mountaineers, California Infantry; Second Infantry) [From NARA Resources]
- California Military Digitized Film Volume Reel 0003 Compiled records showing service of military units in volunteer Union organizations - California Third Infantry through Eighth Infantry Mounted Detachment, Infantry [3 Months, 1861] [From NARA Resources]
World War II
Currently listings are from all over California. Someday it would be nice to pare down the list to SLO County enlistees: