Germania Guard


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Germania Guard


An unidentified private in the Germania Rifles (California Military Department Historical Collection No. 2020.19.72)

Official or Other Titles: Germania Guard, Company G, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, California Militia
Location: City and County of San Francisco
Armory: Turn Verin Hall, Bush Street.
Mustered in: March 25, 1864
Date of Disbanding: July 24, 1866
Inclusive dates of units papers: 1864-1866


Unit papers on file at the California State Archives
a. Organization Papers 4 documents (1864) b. Bonds none c. Correspondence (Unclassified letters) 2 documents (1864) d. Election Returns 1 document (1865) e. Exempt Certificates, Applications for none f. Muster Rolls, Monthly returns 4 documents (1864-1866) g. Oaths Qualifications h. Orders none i. Receipts, invoices 2 documents (1864) j. Requisitions 1 document (1864) k. Resignations 2 documents (1866) l. Target Practice Reports none m. Other none

Link to Official History:

History of the Germania Guard



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