| Name | Date of Rank | Date of Commission |
| F. S. Mumford, Captain | May 27, 1861 | June 27, 1861 |
| William M. Drew; First, Lieutenant | May 27, 1861 | June 27, 1861 |
The Granite Guard, numbering fifty eight men was organized under the military laws of California at Folsom, Sacramento County on May 27, 1861, and mustered into the service of the State as a unit of the Fourth Brigade on that date.
But little information concerning this company
is available, there having been no reports made to the Adjutant
General's Office concerning the company's. activities subsequent
to the muster in date except for a notation that the company was
in good condition and ably commanded.(1) For
some reason not apparent in the records, there was an evident
lack of interest in the affairs of the local company, but it may
safely be concluded that this was not due to lack of patriotism
on the part of the volunteers. Military zeal and activity was
at
its,height during these years and it is s probable that the desire
for a more active participation in the War than that offered by
adherence to the Granite Guard, was responsible
for the falling off of membership and final disorganization of
the company. That there was not sufficient interest taken in the
organization to keep it alive and active is shown conclusively
by a comment contained in the Adjutant General's Report for 1862,
"That the arms issued to the company would be recalled unless
an effort was made immediately to bring the corps up to the legal
membership standard required by law." (2)
.
The record of the mustering out of the Granite
Guard is incomplete, but it was recorded that the arms and equipment
issued to the company were returned to the State Arsenal on
March 27, 1863, less than two years from the date of its organization
and it is assumed the company was mustered out of service sometime
during that year.
Footnotes
1. Adjutant General Report,
1861, page 106
2. Adjutant General
Report, 1862, page 127
California State
Archives Records
a. Organization Papers 1 document (1861)
b. Bonds none
c. Correspondence (Unclassified letters) 11 documents (1861-1863)
d. Election Returns 1 document (1861)
e. Exempt Certificates, Applications for none
f. Muster Rolls, Monthly returns 1 document (1863)
g. Oaths Qualifications none
h. Orders none
i. Receipts, invoices 1 document (1861)
j. Requisitions 1 document (1861)
k. Resignations none
l. Target Practice Reports none
m. Other none