Pittsburg, California

Black Diamond, California Was Founded By Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman

Hamilton Historical Records

In 1849, after the end of the Mexican American War, William Tecumseh Sherman founded the town of Black Diamond, California.

In 1911, the town of Black Diamond would be renamed to Pittsburg, California.

Newspaper article courtesy of the Pittsburg Historical Society.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a Virginia historian and legal expert who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower ship, American founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, two of whom marched with General Sherman to Atlanta, two Confederate veterans, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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