Camp Mattole, was a temporary post of a detachment of California Volunteer Mountaineers fighting the Bald Hills War

Bald Hills War

Bald Hills War was a war fought by the forces of the California Militia, California Volunteers and soldiers of the U. S. Army against the Chilula, Lassik, Hupa, Mattole, Nongatl, Sinkyone, Tsnungwe, Wailaki, Whilkut and Wiyot Native American peoples.The war was fought within the boundaries of the...

, in early 1864.

Camp Mattole was located 24 miles west of Weott, California

Weott, California

Weott is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It is located 375 km north of San Francisco, California and 40 km due west of the Pacific Ocean. Lower Weott is situated at an elevation of 100m along the Avenue of the Giants and in the flood plain of the South Fork of...

 in Humboldt County

Humboldt County, California

Humboldt County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located on the far North Coast 200 miles north of San Francisco. According to 2010 Census Data, the county’s population was 134,623...

. The camp was established by 2nd Lieutenant William W. Frazier, commanding a detachment of Company E, 1st Battalion California Volunteer Mountaineers

1st Battalion California Volunteer Mountaineers

1st Battalion California Volunteer Mountaineers was an infantry battalion in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It spent its entire term of service in the western United States, attached to the Department of the Pacific...

, which were local troops specially organized in 1863 for service against Indian hostiles in Humboldt County

Humboldt County

Humboldt County is the name of three counties in the United States:* Humboldt County, California* Humboldt County, Iowa* Humboldt County, NevadaHumboldt County may also refer to:...

. Company E was raised by Captain John P. Simpson in Mendocino County and mustered into Army service at Fort Humboldt and stationed at the time at Camp Grant

Camp Grant, California

Camp Grant is a former settlement in Humboldt County, California. It was located on the south bank of the Eel River northeast of Weott.At the time of the American Civil War, during the Bald Hills War against the local indians, Camp Grant was established on the Eel River, 3 miles east of Dyerville,...

. Lieutenant Frazier and his men had several engagements with the Indians on the Upper Mattole River during February 1864, killing 13 of them and capturing 21 prisoners and the Skirmish at Matole May 26, 1864.