Moses A. McLaughlin

Moses A. McLaughlin (1834 - 1899) Irish born, California Militia officer, Union Army officer, farmer, later a doctor. As Captain, 2nd Regiment California Volunteer Cavalry, he is best known for his role in the 1863 Keyesville Massacre, and subsequent campaign that forced the capitulation of the Owens Valley Paiute in the Owens Valley Indian War and their removal to Fort Tejon.

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1834 births
1899 deaths
7 more
19th-century Irish people
Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)
People of California in the American Civil War
Military history of California
American people of the Indian Wars
Union Army officers
Military personnel from California

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