California State Military
DepartmentCalifornia State Military
Department
Official Name: Company H, 2nd Brigade, 4th Division
Location: Nevada City, Nevada County
Mustered in:
June 28, 1861
Mustered out: Unknown
| Name | Date of Rank | Date of Commission | Remarks |
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Commissioned Captain of Company G, First Infantry Regiment, California Volunteers. Mustered out August 31, 1864, at Los Pinos, NM. |
| W. G. Wright, First Lieutenant | June 28, 1861 | July 6, 1861 |
In pursuance of a communication from the Secretary of War under
the date of July 24, 1861, Governor John G. Downey issued the
first call, for enlistment of volunteers in the Civil War to guard
the Overland Mail Route from Carson Valley to Salt Lake and Fort
Laramie. This Proclamation of the Governor's was formally issued
on August 12th of the same year. The original plan of using the
volunteers for guarding the Overland Mail Route was changed, and
troops were used for protection against an invasion of the State
of Texas by the Confederate Troops. Anticipating the call for
volunteers, zealous patriots of Nevada County, immediately promoted
a movement for the organizing of a company of volunteers from
their district.
David Belden, County Judge of Nevada County, gave permission to H. B. Thompson to open a roll book for the enrolling of volunteers into an Infantry company for the First Regiment of California Volunteers on June 18, 1861. Notices were duly posted calling a meeting Friday, June 28th, at 2 o'clock P. M. to be held in the Metropolitan Theater, Nevada City. At this meeting H. A. Green was elected Captain, W. J. Wright, First Lieutenant, W. B. Smith, Second Lieutenant, and Merrill savage as brevet Second Lieutenant of the newly organized volunteer company, which was designated as Company H of the Fourth Division, Second Brigade. In reorganizing into the First Infantry of California as Company G, the officers were elected as follows: Henry Green, Captain; Merrill Savage, First Lieutenant, and Whitman B. Smith, Second Lieutenant.
For further history of this company refer
to Company G, First Infantry Regiment, California Volunteers.
1. Name of Unit: Company H . Item No.: B3413-1
2. Military Unit Designation: 2nd Brigade, 4th Division
3. Date of Organization: June 28, 1861
5. Inclusive dates of units papers: 1861
6. Geographical Location or Locations: Nevada City, Nevada County
7. Records Series Descriptions:
a. Organization Papers 2 docs (1861)
b. Bonds none
c. Correspondence (Unclassified letters) none
d. Election Returns none
e. Exempt Certificates, Applications for none
f. Muster Rolls, Monthly returns none
g. Oaths Qualifications none
h. Orders none
i. Receipts, invoices none
j. Requisitions none
k. Resignations none
l. Target Practice Reports none
m. Other none
8. Miscellaneous: The
Company was later reorganized into the First Infantry of California
as Company G (no date), Outline History of the California National
Guard, Vol. 2, p. 301-302.
Posted 24 December 2008
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