California Militia and National
Guard Unit Histories
Emmet Guard
(Sacramento)
Military Unit Designation:
Emmet Guard, Company
E, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, California Militia (after
1866, National Guard of California)
Date of Organization: March 19, 1864
Date of Disbanding: June 11, 1872
Inclusive dates of units papers: 1864-1872
Geographical Location or Locations: Sacramento, Sacramento
County
Papers on file at the California State Archives:
a. Organization Papers
2 documents (1864)
b. Bonds 3 documents (1864-1872)
c. Correspondence (Unclassified letters) 8 documents (1864-1871)
d. Election Returns 16 documents (1865-1872)
e. Exempt Certificates, Applications for 1 document (1871)
f. Muster Rolls, Monthly returns 33 documents (1864-1872)
g. Oaths Qualifications 26 documents (1865-1872)
h. Orders 1 document (1872)
i. Receipts, invoices 8 documents (1864-1872)
j. Requisitions 6 documents (1864-1872)
k. Resignations 6 documents (1869-1872)
l. Target Practice Reports 3 documents (1866-1870)
m. Other Public Property, 4 documents (1866-1870)
Extract from and linck
to Official History
"The company was
originally "mustered into the service of the State as an
unattached company. On June 15, 1864 the Emmet Guard was attached
to the Fourth Infantry Regiment, Fourth Brigade, and designated
as Company E of that Regiment."
Robert Emmet (4 March 1778 – 20 September
1803) was an Irish nationalist and Republican, orator and rebel
leader. He led an abortive rebellion against British rule in
1803 and was captured, tried and executed for high treason.
Robert Emmet came from a wealthy Protestant
family who sympathised with Irish Catholics and their lack of
fair representation in Parliament. The Emmet family also sympathised
with the American Revolution. While his own efforts to rebel
against British rule failed, his actions and speech after his
conviction inspired his compatriots.
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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