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San Jose Volunteers

Assigned to: First Brigade, Second Division

Location: San Jose, Santa Clara County

Mustered in: Unknown
Mustered out: Unknown

Commanding Officers

H. A. Gorley, Captain (Elected June 20, 1861; Commissioned July 6, 1861)
James Lynch, First Lieutenant (Elected June 20, 1861; Commissioned July 6, 1861)

On June 20, 1861, a meeting was held in the City Hall of San Jose for the purpose of organizing a company of volunteers to be known as the San Jose Volunteers. S. O. Houghton was supervisor of the election of officers,- being appointed by Judge John H. Moore of Santa Clara County. H. O. Corley was elected Captain by the vote of the entire company.

The San Jose Volunteers were organized during the Civil War for the expressed purpose of aiding the Union Army. In September 1861, through Captain Gorley they tendered their services to the Governor of the State for active duty. In the War of the Rebellion the San Jose Volunteers were accepted and mustered in as Company D, First Regiment of Infantry, California Volunteers.*

*Adjutant General Report, 1861, page 28

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