Alonzo Ridley, (June 3, 1826 – March 25, 1909) was a 49er, trader, Indian agent, engineer, Undersheriff of Los Angeles County, and Confederate Army officer from California, who led the Los Angeles Mounted Rifles on their march across the Southwestern deserts from California to Texas in 1861.
Early life
Ridley was born in 1826 in Bowdoin, Maine. He lived in New England until 1849, when he left Massachusetts for California.
References
- Eugene L. Menefee and Fred A. Dodge, History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California (Los Angeles: Historic Record Co., 1913).
- Robert P. Perkins, Heroes and Renegades: A History of the Arizona Brigade, C.S.A., accessed March 22, 2011.
- Wallace E. Smith, This Land was Ours: The Del Valles and Camulos (Ventura, California: Ventura County Historical Society, 1978).
- Handbook of Texas Online, Aragorn Storm Miller, "Ridley, Alonzo," accessed January 02, 2017
External links
- Gene C. Armistead, "California's Confederate Militia: The Los Angeles Mounted Rifles," California and the Civil War, The California Military Museum.
- Albert Sydney Johnson: Soldier of Three Republics.
- The Confederate Veteran Magazine.