List of California State Militia Units 1850–60
The following are California State Militia units that were active in the state of California between 1851 and 1861, prior to the American Civil War.
Volunteer Companies of the California State Militia 1850-1860[]
Amador County[]
Butte County[]
Calaveras County[]
- , Mokelumne Hill, 1852 - 1853 [4]
- , Jesus Maria, 1854-1857 [5]
El Dorado County[]
- 1st Company, Mud Springs 1850[6] El Dorado Expedition
- 2nd Company, Placerville 1850,[7] El Dorado Expedition
- 3rd Company, Placerville 1850[7] El Dorado Expedition
- , Placerville, 1855 [8]
- , Coloma, 1857 [9]
- , Placerville, 1860 [10]
Humboldt County[]
- Union Volunteers, Union, 1855 [11] Klamath War
- , , 1858 [12] Wintoon War/Bald Hills War
- Humboldt Volunteers, Hydesville, 1860 [13] Bald Hills War
Klamath County[]
- , Crescent City, 1854-1856 [14] Klamath War
- , Crescent City, 1854-1855 [15] Klamath War
- , Young's Ferry, 1855 [16] Klamath War
- , Crescent City, 1855 [17] Klamath War
- , Sawyers Bar, 1855-1856 [18] Klamath War
- , Crescent City, 1856 [19]
Del Norte County (from 1857)[]
- , Crescent City, 1856-1861 [20]
Los Angeles County[]
- , Los Angeles, 1853 - 1881 [21][22] Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians.
- Los Angeles Rangers, Los Angeles, 1853 - 1857 [22][23] Sheriff's auxiliaries vs organized bands of outlaws
- , Los Angeles, 1854 - 1859 [22][24] Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians.
- , Los Angeles, 1855 - 1857 [22][25]
- , Los Angeles, 1855 - 1861 [22][26] "suppressing lawlessness"
- , Los Angeles, 1857 - 1861 [22][27] "for the preservation of order, the chastisement of criminals and the repression of outrages"
- , Los Angeles, 1857 - 1859 [22][28]
- , Los Angeles, 1857 - 1862 [22][29]
Mariposa County[]
- Mariposa Battalion, Agua Fria, 1851 Mariposa War[30][31]
- California State Rangers, Quartzburg, 1853 [32] Hunt for Joaquin Murrieta
- , Mariposa, 1856 [33]
- , Mariposa, 1858-1861? [34] Utah War
Nevada County[]
- , Nevada City, 1858-1863 [35] Utah War, Paiute War
Placer County[]
- Mountain Blues, Iowa Hill, 1855 - 1856 [36]
- , Auburn, 1856 - 1857 [37]
Plumas County[]
- Plumas Rangers, Quincy, 1855 [38]
Sacramento County[]
- , Sacramento, 1852 [39]
- , Sacramento, 1855 - 1856 [40]
- , Sacramento, 1856 - 1880 [41] Paiute War
- , Sacramento, 1856-1857 [42]
San Bernardino County[]
- , San Bernardino, 1855-1857 [22][43] Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians.
- , San Bernardino, 1856-1857 [22][44] Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians.
- , San Bernardino, 1856-1862 [22][45] Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians.
San Diego County[]
- , San Diego, 1851 - 1852 [46] Garra Revolt
- , San Diego, 1856 - 1863 [22][47] Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians.
San Francisco County[]
- , San Francisco, 1849-1879 [48] The first artillery company in the California State Militia. Garra Revolt
- , San Francisco, 1849-1851?[49][50] Garra Revolt
- , San Francisco, 1849/1850?-1851?[50][51] Garra Revolt
- , San Francisco, 1852-1854 [52]
- , San Francisco, 1852-1880 [53]
- , San Francisco, 1852-1861 [54]
- National Lancers, San Francisco, 1852-1859 [55]
- , San Francisco, 1852-1859 [56]
- , San Francisco, 1854-1880 [57]
- Templar Guard (Shermans Guard), San Francisco, 1854
- , San Francisco, 1855 [58]
- , San Francisco, 1855 [59]
- , San Francisco, 1855 [60]
- , San Francisco, 1855 [61]
- , San Francisco, 1856 [62] "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856.
- , San Francisco, 1856 [63] "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856.
- , San Francisco, 1856 [64] "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856.
- , San Francisco, 1856 [65] "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856.
- , San Francisco, 1856 [66] "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856.
- , San Francisco, 1856 [67] "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856.
- , San Francisco, 1858 [68]
- , San Francisco, 1858 [69]
- Black Hussars, San Francisco, 1859-1881 [70]
- , San Francisco, 1859-1862 [71]
- , San Francisco, 1859-1880 [72]
- , San Francisco, 1859-1881 [73]
- , San Francisco, 1860-1862 [74]
San Joaquin County[]
- , Stockton, 1851 - 1852 [75]
- , Stockton, 1855 [76]
- Stockton Blues, Stockton, 1857 - 1861 [77]
- , Knights Ferry, 1858 - 1862 [78] Utah War
San Luis Obispo County[]
- San Luis Obispo Guard, San Luis Obispo, 1858 [79]
Santa Barbara County[]
- , Santa Barbara, 1854 [22][80]
- , Santa Barbara, 1854 - 1856 [22][81]
Santa Clara County[]
Santa Cruz County[]
- , Watsonville, 1858 [83] Utah War
Sierra County[]
- , Downieville, 1854-1859 [84]
- , Goodyear's Bar, 1854-1860 [85]
- , , 1856 [86]
- , Forest City, 1856-1866 [87]
- , Downieville, 1857-1861 [88]
- , Gibsonville, 1858-1861 [89] Utah War
- , , 1858 [90] Utah War
- , La Porte, 1858.[91] Utah War
- , Allegheny Town, 1858 [92] Utah War
Siskiyou County[]
- , , 1855-1856 [93]
- , Scott River, 1856-1857 [94] Disbanded when weapons not delivered.
Sonoma County[]
- , Petaluma, 1856 - 1867 [95]
- , Healdsburg, 1858 - 1860 [96]
- , Santa Rosa, 1859 [97]
Stanislaus County[]
- , Knight's Ferry, 1860 - 1862 [98]
Tehama County[]
Tuolumne County[]
Trinity County[]
- , Weaverville, 1854-1855 [102] Disbanded after weapons destroyed in a fire.
- , Weaverville, 1858 [103] Bald Hills War, Wintoon War
Tulare County[]
- , Visalia 1856 - 1868 [104] Tule River War
Yuba County[]
- Independent New York Guard, , 1855
- , New York Flat, 1855 - 1857 [105] Opposed Indian hostilities
- , Yuba County, 1855-1857 [106] Opposed lawlessness, Indian hostilities
- , Marysville, 1859-1866 [107] Opposed Indian hostilities
- , Timbuctoo, 1860-1861 [108] Opposed Indian hostilities
References[]
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- ^ California State Militia and National Guard Unit Histories: Jesus Maria Guard, from The California State Military Museum accessed on September 8, 2011
- ^ Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County California with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominentmen and Pioneers. Paolo Sioli, Oakland 1883. p.157-159
- ^ a b Historical Souvenir p.157-159
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- ^ California State Militia and National Guard Unit Histories: Confidence Guard, from The California State Military Museum accessed on September 8, 2011
- ^ California State Militia and National Guard Unit Histories: Union Volunteers, from The California State Military Museum accessed on September 13, 2011
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- ^ California State Militia and National Guard Unit Histories: Humboldt Volunteers, from The California State Military Museum accessed on September 8, 2011
- ^ California State Militia and National Guard Unit Histories: Klamath Mounted Rangers, from The California State Military Museum accessed on September 8, 2011
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- ^ William Ellsworth Smythe, History of San Diego, 1542-1908: an account of the rise and progress of the pioneer settlement on the Pacific coast of the United States, Volume 1, History Co., San Diego, 1908, pp.189-190
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- ^ California State Militia and National Guard Unit Histories: First California Guard, from The California State Military Museum accessed on September 22, 2011
- ^ Colonel Norman S. Marshall and Chief Warrant Officer Mark J. Denger, The Creation of the National Guard of California, California Center for Military History. In 1851, Indian disturbances in San Diego called for troops, and two companies were organized from the California Guard, Washington Guard, and Empire Guard, the only existing military companies in San Francisco at that time. However, before transportation to San Diego could be arranged the trouble had blown over.
- ^ a b Hubert Howe Bancroft, The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft Vol. XXIV: History of California Vol VII, History Co., San Francisco, 1890 p454-455
- ^ Marshall and Denger, The Creation ..., op. cit.
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