California In The War For Southern Independence

<p>Did you know ...</p><p>The designer of the State Seal of California became a Confederate officer?</p><p>The majority of the founding fathers of California as a state became Confederates?</p><p>Southern California nearly seceded in 1860 a year before South Carolina?</p><p>The Californios (Mexicans of California) from before the US annexation of 1848 were largely Confederate in sympathy?</p><p>Many well-known cities of California were founded by Confederates?</p><p>A great number of Union soldiers and sailors much needed in the East were tied down in California to suppress the vociferous anti-union press put down constant insurrections and riots and chase numerous bands of Confederate partisans and guerrillas?</p><p>Find these answers and more!</p>