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- A United States
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Military Heritage
- California Militia and National
Guard Unit Histories
- Index to Militia Units of the
State of California 1850-1881
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- ALAMEDA COUNTY
- Alvarado Guard, 1863
- Brooklyn Guard, 1865
- Hayward Guard, 1864
- Jackson Guard, 1865
- Live Oaks Zouaves, 1870
- Oakland
Home Guard (Oakland Guard), Oakland,
1861
- Oakland Light Calvary, 1870
- ALPINE COUNTY
- Alpine Rifles, 1864
- Markleville Guard, 1864
- AMADOR COUNTY
- Amador Hussars, 1861
- Amador Mountaineers, 1861
- Amador Rangers, 1858
- lone City Guard, 1863
- Jackson Guard, 1863
- Sutter Creek Guard, 1864
- Sutter Creek Volunteers, 1861
- Volcano Blues, 1861
- Volcano Guard, Volcano, 1858
- BUTTE COUNTY
- Bangor Guard, 1864
- Butte County Dragoons, 1861
- Butte Mounted Rifles, 1861
- Chico Light Infantry, 1863
- Oroville
Guard, Oroville, 1856
- CALAVERAS COUNTY
- Angels Guard, 1862
- First
Calaveras Guard, Moklumne Hill,1852
- Calaveras
Light Guard, Murphys, 1852
- Jesus Maria
Guard, Jesus Maria, 1854
- Mokelumne Hill Rifles, 1863
- Union
Guard, Poverty Bar/Campo Seco,1861
- Union Guard, 1864
- CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
- DEL NORTE COUNTY
- Crescent City Guard, 1861
- Klamath
Mounted Rangers, Crescent City,
1854
- Klamath Rifles, Young's Ferry, 1855
- Citizens of
Crescent City, Crescent City,1856
- Coast Rangers, Crescent City,1854
- Crescent
Rifles, Crescent City, 1856
- Mounted
Coast Rifles, Crescent City,1855
- Salmon Guard, Sawyers Bar, 1855
- Smith River Independent Mounted Riflemen,
1873
- EL DORADO COUNTY
- Bank Guard, 1863
- Coloma Greys, Coloma, 1857
- Confidence
Guard, Placerville,1860
- El Dorado Mountaineers, 1863
- Georgetown Union Guard, 1863
- National Guard, 1863
- Placerville City Guard, 1863
- Placerville
Guard, Placerville, 1855
- Placerville Guard, 1862
- HUMBOLDT COUNTY
- Arcata Guard, 1862
- Eureka Guard, 1879
- Eureka Rifles, 1862
- Humboldt Guard, 1874
- Humboldt
Volunteers, Hydesville, 1860
- Mounted Volunteers, 1861
- Trinity
Rangers, Pardee's Ranch, Redwood
Creek, 1858
- Union
Volunteers, Union, 1855
- LASSEN COUNTY
- LOS ANGELES COUNTY
- City Guard, Los Angeles1855
- Lanceros
de Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1857
- Los Angeles
Guard, Los Angeles,1853
- Los Angeles
Greys, Los Angeles1861
- Los
Angeles Mounted Rifles, Los Angeles,
1861
- Los Angeles
Rangers, Los Angeles,1853
- Monte Rangers, Los Angeles, 1854
- Ringgold
Light Artillery, Los Angeles, 1855
- Southern
Rifles, Los Angeles, 1851
- Union Guard, Los Angeles, 1857
- MARIN COUNTY
- Lincoln Calvary, 1864
- Washington Rifles, 1864
- MARIPOSA COUNTY
- MONO COUNTY
- MONTEREY COUNTY
- NAPA COUNTY
- Napa Guard, 1861
- Napa Rangers, 1864
- Washington Light Artillery, 1863
- NEVADA COUNTY
- Company "H", 1861
- Eureka Rangers, 1863
- Grass Valley Union Guard, 1863
- Howell Zouaves, 1865
- Little York Union Guard, 1863
- Nevada Light Guard, 1863
- Nevada Rifles, 1858
- San Juan Guard, 1863
- PLACER COUNTY
- Auburn Greys, Auburn, 1861
- Forest Hill Guard, 1861
- Lincoln & Virginia Union Guard,1863
- Mountain
Blues, Iowa Hill,1855
- Mountain
Volunteers, Forest Hill, 1861
- Pacific Guard, 1861
- Pilot Hill Rangers, 1864
- Placer Cadets, 1865
- Placer County Mountaineers, 1861
- Placer Guard, 1861
- Placer Rifles, Auburn,1856
- Shields Guard, 1861
- Union Corps, 1862
- Yankee Jims Rifles, 1863
- PLUMAS COUNTY
- Indian Valley Rifles, 1863
- Plumas Rangers, Quncy, 1855
- Union Guard, 1863
- SACRAMENTO COUNTY
- Baker Guard, 1863
- City Guard, Sacramento 1858
- Emmet Guard, 1864
- Granite
Guard, Folsom, 1861
- Independent
City Guard, Sacramento, 1856
- National Guard - Co "D", 1862
- Sacramento
Cadets, Sacramento, 1856
- Sacramento
Guard, Sacramento, 1855
- Sacramento
Hussars, Sacramento,1863
- Sacramento
Light Artillery, 1864
- Sacramento Sharp Shooters, 1863
- Sarsfield
Grenadier Guard, Sacramento, 1870
- Sarsfield Guard,
- Sutter Rifles, Sacramento, 1852
- Turner Rifles, 1863
- Walnut Grove Union Guard, 1863
- Washington
Rifles, Sacramento, 1861
- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
- SAN DIEGO COUNTY
- SAN FRANCISCO
- Benham Guard, San Francisco, 1856*
- Black Hussars, San Francisco, 1859
- Carbineers (French
Guard), San Francisco,
1859
- California
Fusileers, San Francisco,1858
- California Grenadiers, 1864
- California Musketeers, 1864
- California Rifles, 1863
- California
Rifles (French Guard), San Francisco,1860
- California Tigers, 1865
- City Guard, San Francisco,1854
- Constitution
Guard, San Francisco, 1856*
- Columbian Guard, 1863
- Ellis Guard, 1863
- Ellsworth Guard Zouaves, 1862
- Ellsworth Rifles, 1861
- Ellsworth Zouaves Cadettes, 1864
- Emmert Guard, 1862
- Eureka Guard, 1865
- Eureka
Light Horse Guard, San Francisco,1852
- Federal Guard, 1865
- First
California Guard, San Francisco,
1849
- First
Light Dragoons, San Francisco,
1852
- Franklin
Light Infantry (Franklin Light Guard),
San Francisco, 1861
- Germania Guard, 1864
- Germania Rifles, 1868
- Governors Guard, 1865
- Grant Guard, 1864
- Haight Light Horse Guard, 1868
- Hewstone Rifles, 1869
- Hibernia Greens, 1865
- Hugh O'Neil Guard, 1863
- Jackson Dragoons, 1863
- Jackson Guard, San Francisco, 1856*
- Jefferson
Guard, San Francisco, 1856*
- Liberty Guard, 1864
- Lincoln Guard, 1864
- Lone Wolf Guard, 1862
- Marion Rifles, San Francisco, 1852
- Meagher Guard (Irish Invincible), 1862
- Meagher Guard, 1868
- Mechanics Guard (McKenzie Guard), 1864
- Mission Guard, 1864
- Monroe Guard, San Francisco, 1856*
- Montgomery
Guard, San Francisco, 1859
- McClelland Guard (Excelsior Guard), 1862
- McMahon Grenadier
Guard, San Francisco, 1871
- McMahon Guard, San Francisco, 1859
- National
Guard, San Francisco, 1855
- National
Lancers, San Francisco, 1852
- San Francisco
Blues, San Francisco, 1852
- San Francisco Cadets, 1863
- San Francisco Fusileers, 1871
- San Francisco
Hussars, San Francisco,1862
- San
Francisco Light Guard, San Francisco,
1858
- San Francisco Tiralleurs, 1864
- San Francisco Jaegers, 1864
- Sarsfield
Guard, San Francisco, 1855
- Seward Guard, 1865
- Sheridan Guard, 1864
- Shields Guard, 1882
- Sigel Rifles, 1861
- State Guard, 1863
- Statman
Zouaves, San Francisco, 1873
- Stenben Guard, 1864
- Sumner Light Home Guard, 1851
- Templar Guard (Shermans Guard), 1854
- Thompson
Rifles, San Francisco, 1875
- Tittle Zouaves, 1864
- Union Guard, San Francisco, 1856*
- Union Guard
(Gatling Battery), San Francisco,
1861
- Veteran
Guard, San Francisco, 1867
- Veterans of the Mexican War, 1870
- Wallace Guard, San Francisco, 1855
- Warren
Guard, San Francisco, 1871
- Washington
Continental Guard, San Francisco,
1855
- Washington Guard, 1849
- Washington
Light Infantry, San Francisco,
1862
- SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
- Castoria Guard, 1864
- City Guard, 1855
- Linden Light Dragoons, 1863
- Mokelumne Light Dragoons, 1863
- San Joaquin
Guard, Stockton, 1851
- San
Joaquin Mounted Rifles, 1858
- Stockton
Blues, Stockton, 1859
- Stockton City Guard, 1864
- Stockton Light Artillery, 1864
- Stockton Light Dragoons, 1862
- Stockton Union Guard, 1861
- Stockton Zouaves, 1871
- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
- SAN MATEO COUNTY
- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
- SANTA CLARA COUNTY
- National
Guard, San Jose, 1857
- San Jose
Volunteers, San Jose. 1861
- Santa Clara Light Infantry,
- Union Guard,
- San Jose Zouaves,
- Redwood Calvary
- National Light Artillery,
- Alvisa Rifles (Guards),
- Santa Clara Zouaves,
- Gilroy Guard,
- Burnett Light Guard,
- New Almadon Calvary,
- Johnson Guard,
- SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
- Butler Guard, 1863
- Crusade
Rangers, Watsonville, 1858
- Santa Cruz Cavalry, 1863
- Santa Cruz Volunteers, 1861
- Watsonville Guard, 1863
- SIERRA COUNTY
- Allegheny Guard, 1863
- Eureka Blues, Eureka City, 1856
- Forest Rifles, Forest City, 1854
- Gibsonville
Blues, Gibsonville, 1858
- Goodyear's
Rifles, Goodyear's Bar, 1854
- La Porte Guard, 1863
- Minnesota Guard, 1863
- Mobile Guard, Shady Flat, 1858
- Mountain Rangers, 1864
- National
Guard, Downieville, 1857
- Sierra Greys, La Porte,1858
- Sierra Guard, Downieville, 1854
- Sierra Rangers, Allegheny Town,1858
- Table Rock Union Guard, 1864
- Union Guard, 1864
- SISKIYOU COUNTY
- SOLONO COUNTY
- Benicia Guard, 1862
- Frisbee Guard, 1869
- Lincoln Artillery, 1864
- Main Prairie Rifles, 1863
- McClellan Guard, 1863
- Suisun Cavalry, 1863
- Suisun Light Dragoons, 1863
- Starsfield Guard, 1862
- Vallejo Rifles, 1861
- SONOMA COUNTY
- Bloomfield Guard, 1862
- Emmet Guard, 1861
- Hewston Guard, 1869
- Petaluma City Guard, 1864
- Petaluma
Guard, Petaluma, 1856
- Russian River Rifles, 1862
- Sotoyame
Guard, Healdsburg, 1858
- Washington Guard, 1862
- Washington
Horse Guard, Santa Rosa, 1859
- SUTTER COUNTY
- Butte Mountain Rangers, 1863
- Company "A", 1861
- STANISLAUS COUNTY
- TEHAMA COUNTY
- TUOLUMNE COUNTY
- Columbia
Fusileers, Columbia, 1853
- Grant Guard, 1863
- Jamestown Guard, 1862
- Sigels Guard, 1862
- Sonora Greys, Sonora, 1854
- Tuolumne Guard, 1861
- Tuolumne Guard, 1862
- Tuolumne Home Guard, 1861
- Tuolumne Home Guard, 1862
- TRINITY COUNTY
- TULARE COUNTY
- YOLO COUNTY
- Washington Guard, 1863
- Woodland Guard, 1863
- Yolo Union Cavalry, 1863
- YUBA COUNTY
- California Zouaves, 1861
- Marysville 1st Zouaves, 1861
- Downey Guard, Timbuctoo,1860
- Hooker Guard, 1863
- Marysville
Rifles, Marysville, 1859
- Marysville
Light Artillery, Marysville, 1866
- Mountain
Riflemen, New York Flat, 1855
- Independent
New York Guard, New York Flat,
1855
- Saratoga Light Guard, 1855
- Sherman Guard, 1871
- Union Guard, 1863
- Yuba Guard, 1855
- Yuba Light Artillery, 1863
* Units raised during for service
during the "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco,
1856
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