Howka Dorothy, here is some info about that war... I noticed you relation is listed under the military section of ancestry as being in the civil war... if its the correct person it said they had a pic of him as well..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Battalion_California_Volunt...or here
http://calindianhistory.org/Time/1856Time.html01/25/1856
Folder F3753:777, Military Department. Adjutant General. Indian War Papers, F3753, California State Archives.
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/data/13030/94/tf4779n694/files/tf47...Letter from General Kibbe, Adjutant General, to Governor Johnson transmitting the muster roll, service roll vouchers for supplies, for Captain William Martin's Company from Siskiyou County. Also enclosed certificate
from Judge and Sheriff and County and letter from Captain Martin. Suggests Governor send to Legislature. Written in Sacramento, January 25,
there are also books about him and the group
https://www.google.com/search?q=1st+Battalion+California+Vol...or here
http://www.militarymuseum.org/1stMtnrCV.html