Washington, DC 1st Infantry Battalion
HISTORICAL NOTES:
Nothing has been found regarding this unit.
ASSIGNMENTS:
SERVICE:
ROSTER:
The roster of this unit at the National Archives contains the names of 397 men.
Roster
BIBLIOGRAPHY: for researching Washington, DC Units in the Civil War.
Baker, Lafayette C. The United States Secret Service in the Late War... St. Louis, MO: Holloway, 1889. pp. 167-203. E608.B1815.
Bolton, Horace W. Personal Reminiscences of the Late War. Chicago: H.W. Bolton, 1892. 219 p. E601.B69.
Carlilie, Richard. "The 1st District of Columbia Cavalry." Military Images Magazine (Sep/Oct 1986):
pp. 11-13. Per.
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Powder Springs, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2003. E491.D992.
See also the following pertinent personal papers in the U. S. Military History Institute's Archives:
Baker, Lafayette C. - CWMiscColl (Official papers concerning claim of COL's widow,
Jan 18, 1865-1869)
REFERENCES:
Dyer, Frederick H. - A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion