California State Military
DepartmentCalifornia State Military
Department
Official Name: Amador Mountaineers, 4th Brigade
Location: Jackson, Amador County
Mustered in:
July 12, 1861
Mustered out: August 16, 1861
| Name | Date of Rank | Date of Commission |
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| D.B. Haskell, First Lieutenant | July 12, 1861 | July 24, 1861 |
With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, many volunteer militia
companies were formed throughout California, with the hope of
being able to participate in active service. This was the intention
of a group of citizens in Jackson, Amador County, when on July
2, 1861, they appeared before County Judge Marion Gordon, and
made due application for, the appointment of a suit-able person
to open a book to receive the names of men wishing to form a volunteer
military company. Judge Gordon appointed William McMullin to superintend
the meeting and on July 12, 1861, the company known as the Amador
Mountaineers was mustered into-the State Service under the leadership
of captain McMullin.
The Amador Mountaineers offered their services to Governor Downey, and were accepted.* On August 16 1861, they entered the service of the United States Army as Company C, First Infantry Regiment of the California Volunteers.** The First Infantry Regiment adopted as their banner a flag designed from the National Emblem. It contained thirteen broad red and white stripes and in the upper corner near the staff was a field of blue with thirty-four gold stars. In the center of the Flag, sewed to a red stripe were the ,,words in gold letters, "First Infantry Regiment, California Volunteers.
This Regiment of which the Amador Mountaineers was a part, was mustered into service at Camp Downey, near Oakland, California, in July 1861, and served under the following commanders, Colonel James H. Carleton, Joseph R. West and Edwin A. Rigg. It formed part of the California column, which marched into New Mexico and Texas and took part in several engagements with the Confeder-ates in those States,, and participated in several expeditions against the Apache, Comanche, and Kiowa Indians. In all these engagements the regiment was successful. The regiment was mustered out of service at Fort Craig, New Mexico in August 1864. Those men whose time had not expired were transferred to the First Veteran Infantry.
*For further information refer to California Volunteers and the
Civil War, Company C, First Infantry Regiment.
**Adjutant General Report 1861, page 109.
1. Name of Unit: Amador Mountaineers, Item No.: B3410-2
2. Military Unit Designation: Amador Mountaineers, 4th Brigade
3. Date of Organization: July 12, 1861
4. Date of Disbanding: August 16, 1861
5. Inclusive dates of units papers: 1861
6. Geographical Location or Locations: Jackson, Amador County
7. Records Series Descriptions:
a. Organization Papers 4 docs (1861)
b. Bonds none
c. Correspondence (Unclassified letters) 1 doc (1861)
d. Election Returns none
e. Exempt Certificates, Applications for none
f. Muster Rolls, Monthly returns none
g. Oaths Qualifications 2 docs (1861)
h. Orders none
i. Receipts, invoices none
j. Requisitions 1 doc (1861)
k. Resignations none
l. Target Practice Reports none
m. Other none
8. Miscellaneous: "On August 16, 1861 "the Amador Mountaineers" entered the service of the United States Army as Company C, First Infantry Regiment of the California Volunteers." Outline History of Calif. National Guard, Vol. 2, p. 305.
Posted 24 December 2008
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