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[truthckr]

main: From Pennsylvania
The regiments in the Philadelphia Brigade were originally designated as California regiments. Some residents on the West Coast wanted California to have a military presence in the Eastern army and asked Oregon Senator Edward D. Baker to form a regiment to be credited to that state. Baker was able to recruit a regiment from Philadelphia, designated the 1st California. By October, he increased his command to a brigade, adding the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th California regiments, all of which were from Philadelphia.[1] After his death at the Battle of Ball's Bluff, Pennsylvania claimed the regiments as its own and renamed them as the following:

• the 1st California became the 71st regiment;
• the 2nd California became the 69th regiment;
• the 3rd California became the 72nd regiment;
• the 5th California became the 106th regiment.[2]

bonus: Abraham Bryan (or Brian)

 

[JOHN42768]

1) The California Regiment--The monument to the 71st Pennsylvania Volunteers is south of Gettysburg at The Angle. It was also known as the "California Regiment" as it was originally sponsored and funded by citizens on the West Coast. (39.813001° N, 77.236272° W; Google map; Tour map: Hancock Avenue at The Angle)
source: http://gettysburg.stonesentinels.co...ania/pennsylvania-infantry/71st-pennsylvania/

2) Abraham Brian
source:

 

[adisciu9]

71st Pa. Raised by Edward Baker in deference to Baker's wises.
Bonus: Abraham Brian

 

[adisciu9]

Addition to earlier:
71st regiment. Called California regiment in deference to Baker's wishes
Bonus: Abraham Brain

 

[connecticut yankee]

The 71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment was known as the "California Regiment".
The regiment's nickname came from being raised by California's U.S. Senator Edward Baker from men on the east coast and accepted for Federal service as part of California's quota. Baker's command was later expanded to a brigade. After he was killed at Ball's Bluff, the State of Pennsylvania claimed the regiments for their quota, and they became known as "The Philadelphia Brigade."

Captain Charles Kochersperger [center, bearded with a pipe], 71st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company F - taken in August 1861 in Washington DC.

 

[Mike Serpa]

The regiments in the Philadelphia Brigade were originally designated as California regiments. Some residents on the West Coast wanted California to have a military presence in the Eastern army and asked Oregon Senator Edward D. Baker to form a regiment to be credited to that state. Baker was able to recruit a regiment from Philadelphia, designated the 1st California. By October, he increased his command to a brigade, adding the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th California regiments, all of which were from Philadelphia. - wikipedia

Abraham Brian (Bryan) - civilwarwiki

Edit - The main question asked for the name of the state, not the city, from which the regiment came.

There are at least six places named Philadelphia in the United States.

hoosier

 

[mofederal]

http://www.militarymuseum.org/71stPA.html

The California Regiment was actually the 71st Penn. from Pa. It was originally organized by Edward Baker, and recruited from Philadelphia, PA. Baker wanted the regiment to be designated the 1st California, and so it was. After his death it was redesignated the 71st PA.

Bonus:
http://www.pacivilwartrails.com/stories/tales/the-brien-farm

Abraham Brien

 

[captaindrew]

The California regiment was formed in Philidelphia Pa. by Oregon Senator Edward D Baker and was helped by funding from the West Coast. Baker named the regiment the 1st California. Baker was killed leading the unit at Balls Bluff. After his death the regiment was renamed the 71st Pa.

 

[Eleanor Rose]

The 71st Pennsylvania Volunteers were also known as the "California Regiment" as it was originally sponsored and funded by citizens on the West Coast.
Source: http://gettysburg.stonesentinels.co...ania/pennsylvania-infantry/71st-pennsylvania/

Bonus: Abram Brian
Source: https://npsgnmp.wordpress.com/page/11/

 

[Ole Miss]

Pennsylvania funded by California citizens The 71st
Abraham Brian
Regards
David

 

[captaindrew]

Bonus: Abraham Bryan

 

[Stony]

They were from Pennsylvania. The 71st Pennsylvania Volunteers (originally raised as the 1st California) was an infantry regiment of the Union Army that participated in the American Civil War. It was also known as the "California Regiment" as it was originally sponsored and funded by citizens on the West Coast. The regiment was organized in August 1861 by Oregon Senator Edward D. Baker, composed of 15 companies instead of the standard 10. Although raised from residents of Philadelphia, it was initially designated the 1st California in deference to Baker's wishes. After his death at the Battle of Balls Bluff in November 1861, it was renamed the 71st Pennsylvania. It was grouped with the 69th, 72nd, and 106th Pennsylvania regiments to form the famous Philadelphia Brigade.

Bonus-Abraham Brian (Bryan).
source-http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCQ1Q_Abraham_Brian_Barn_Gettysburg_PA

 

[MaryDee]

Friday: "On April 21st, 1861, a meeting of citizens of California was held at the Metropolitan Hotel in New York City, Senator Edward D. Baker [of Oregon] being one of the vice-presidents. Resolutions were adopted "to raise a regiment composed of men from the Pacific coast and others who might choose to join." Baker did most of his recruiting in Philadelphia, so most of the men were actually from Pennsylvania. http://www.militarymuseum.org/CABde.html
"The story of the formation of this command as the "1st California" Regiment has been outlined in [see quote above] The California Brigade. Soon after the death of Col. Edward D. Baker at Ball's Bluff, a lamentable affair in which the regiment lost heavily, the brigade was claimed as a part of its quota by the State of Pennsylvania and was so credited." The "1st California Regiment" became the 71st Regiment of Infantry, Pennsylvania volunteers. http://www.militarymuseum.org/71stPA.html

Bonus: I am Abraham Brian (or Bryan).
http://gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/battlefield-farms/brian-bryan-farm/
wikipedia, "Brian Farm"

 

[Florida Lee]

The California Regiment fought at Gettysburg, but it was not from California. What state was the California Regiment from, and how did it get that nickname?

credit: @LoyaltyOfDogs

Bonus:
I was born in 1807 the son of slave parents. My name first appears in the Gettysburg census of 1840. By 1860 I lived in my home, along with my wife Elizabeth and two children, in a small white house that is just south of Gettysburg. The twelve acre farm upon which I worked yielded crops of corn, wheat, and oats. My family also had a small vegetable garden and by 1863 a barn that sheltered two horses, two cows, a pair of mules, and three pigs.

Very little is known about me. Even the proper spelling of my name is up for debate. I left future generations no clues. Being illiterate, I signed my name with a simple "X," which makes following me impossible.

Being a free black, I left my home during the Gettysburg campaign and my Farm was at the mercy of the two mighty armies. In an ironic twist of fate, my property was central in one of the most famous military charges in American history. Much of my property was destroyed and I filed a $1,028 damage claim. However I only received $15 for hay consumed by the Union Army.

Don't worry about spelling my name as I don't even know what is is. My only request is please don't use an "X". Who am I?

credit: @Wallyfish

Pennsylvania
A group of Californians asked Oregon Senator Edward Baker to form a brigade in name of California.
Baker's brigade, commissioned by Lincoln, consisted of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th
California infantry.

Bonus:
Abraham Brian
Victory at Gettysburg leaves anguish, scars
https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/...m_source=CMS Sharing Button&utm_medium=social

 

[connecticut yankee]

BONUS QUESTION: Abraham Brien claimed to have lost hundreds of dollars worth of property, but was only awarded fifteen dollars from the government because that was the value of the amount of hay that Brien could prove was consumed by Union horses.

DID YOU KNOW?----Only twenty blacks owned real estate in Gettysburg in 1860. Real estate owners were most often males with a family, although six women, all widows, also owned property. Almost two-thirds of black real estate owners were natives of Maryland and Virginia.....

Source: https://www.civilwarwomenblog.com/african-americans-of-gettysburg/

 

[Belle Montgomery]

Abraham Brian (Bryan)

 

[MRB1863]

Bonus: Abraham Brian (often spelled Bryan)

 

[William G Hendry]

Bonus Abraham Brian

It was the home to Abraham Brian (often spelled Bryan), an African-American widower with five children who bought the farm in 1857 when he married his third wife, Elizabeth. The twelve acre farm grew wheat, barley and hay and had a small apple and peach orchard

 

[Northern Light]

Abraham Brian or Bryan

 

[Northern Light]

That is the Bonus question answer.