Captain Augustus Starr, 2nd California Cavalry

Captain Augustus Washington Starr was born in Ohio in 1834. He came to California during the Gold Rush where he first operated his own store, then later served as a clerk in another retail establishment in Sacramento. At the start of the Civil War, Starr helped raise a cavalry company and was commissioned second lieutenant in Company F, 2nd California Cavalry. During the war, he fought the Maidu Indians. After the war, he remained in the cavalry, serving with the 8th U.S. Cavalry until 1871. Capt. Starr then supervised a flour mill in Vallejo. Capt. Starr died in Napa in 1907 and is buried in the St. Helena Public Cemetery. Photo from the Richard K. Tibbals Collection at the United States Army Military History Institute