California Militia and National
Guard Unit Histories
Union Guard
(Los Angeles)
Official or other titles: Union Guard, First Brigade, California Militia
Location:
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
Mustered in:
December 17, 1857 Mustered out: 1862
Inclusive dates of units papers: 1857-1858
Unit papers on file at the California
State Archives:
a. Organization Papers none
b. Bonds none
c. Correspondence (Unclassified letters) 1 document (1858)
d. Election Returns none
e. Exempt Certificates, Applications for none
f. Muster Rolls, Monthly returns 1 document (1857)
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
Commanding Officers
Phinius Banning, Captain, Elected December
17, 1857
Solomon Lozard, First Lieutenant, Elected December 17, 1857
Official History
The Union Guard of Los Angeles was organized
on December 17, 1857. Phinius Banning was chosen as Captain and
Solomon Lozard as First Lieutenant. No organization papers are
on file, and the list of officers were taken from the Muster
Roll, which stated that the company was mustered in on December
17, 1857.
On August 15, 1858;. Captain Banning stated
in a letter addressed to Brigadier General Andreus Pico, First
Brigade commander, that his command was without arms, and unless
the Adjutant General was able to supply his unit with suitable
equipment, he would not be able to hold the men together as lack
of, the necessary equipment was weakening their morale.
There were no papers or records to show
that the Union Guard ever received any arms or equipment from
the State, and it is assumed that they disbanded without receiving
accoutrements of any kind, soon after their organization
This history was written in
1940 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in conjunction
with the office of the Adjutant General and the California State
Library
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