Service record of Romualdo Pacheco (military engineer; father of the future Gov. Romualdo Pacheco): cadet 1 yr 6 mo, total 13 yrs incl. campaign credits. Two Colorado-River expeditions (1825 Nov & 1826 May): the first w/ only 4 soldiers — reconnoitered the river, found a favorable road, made peace with hostile tribes; the second w/ 25 dragoons (his troop nearly abandoned him before 'la inmensa muchedumbre de indios'); built a bridge. April 1828 reconnaissance of the whole port of San Francisco & its rivers (chose a fort site by Supreme-Govt order). ⭐⭐ 18 Oct 1828: as adjutant of Monterey, helped suppress 'la sublevación que hicieron los soldados de la Compañía de Caballería de Monterey' ('el sostén de la plaza vulnerada por la tropa') — the 1828 Monterey cavalry revolt, precursor to the 1829 Solís revolt. Then took the Santa Bárbara command (31 Dec 1828) under Cmdt.-Gen. Echeandía. Orig. pp.290–292.
| Date | 1829-07-31 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Subteniente de Ingenieros Romualdo Pacheco (hoja de servicios) |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | LXIX–LXXVII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | 290–292 |
| Savage copy page | 7–9 |
| Scan leaf | n7–n9 |
| Document type | service record |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Subteniente de Ingenieros Romualdo Pacheco (hoja de servicios), Monterey, 1829-07-31, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LXIX–LXXVII, 290–292, Archives of California, C-A 19, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within LXIX–LXXVII]Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca19/ca19-d10.html