California Militia and National
Guard Unit Histories
California Volunteers
Organizational
Data
Official Name: Cailfornia Volunteers, Company C, First
Brigade, Sixth Division
Location:
Oroville, Butte County
Mustered in:
June 1861 Mustered out: Unknown
Papers on
file at the California State Archives:
No records currently on file at the California
State Archives
Commanding
Officers
Name
Date of
Rank
Date of
Commission
Edward B. Willis, Captain
June 6, 1861
June 27, 1861
Janes A. Wardwell,
First Lieutenant
June 6, 1861
June 27, 1861
History
The California. Volunteers, Company C of
Oroville, Butte County was organized under the laws of the State,
June 6, 1861, with Edward B. Willis as Captain and James A. Wardwell
as First Lieutenant. The corps had a membership of sixty men,
but no arms were issued to this company as they immediately tendered
their services to the Governor and were accepted and mustered
into the service of the United States as part of the First Infantry
of California Volunteers.*
*Adjutant General Report, 1861, page 133
This history was compiled
in 1940 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in conjunction
with the California National Guard and the California State Library.