Haight Light Horse Guard


California Militia and National Guard Unit Histories
Haight Light Horse Guard


San Francisco's Irish-American Hall. Located at 818 Howard Street, this building served as the armory for the Haight Light Horse Guard and other ethnic Irish units of the California National Guard.
(Lone Mountain College Collection of Stereographs by Eadweard Muybridge, 1867-1880 )

Official or Other Titles: Haight Light Horse Guard, Company D, 1st Cavalry Battalion, 2nd Brigade, National Guard of California
Location: City and County of San Francisco
Armory: Irish American Hall, 818 Howard Street.
Mustered in: October 12, 1868
Date of Disbanding: May 29, 1872
Inclusive dates of units papers: 1868-1872


Unit papers on file at the California State Archives
a. Organization Papers 1 doc (1868) b. Bonds 2 docs (1868-1872) c. Correspondence (Unclassified letters) 20 docs (1868-1872) d. Election Returns 5 docs (1868-1871) e. Exempt Certificates, Applications for 1 doc (1871) f. Muster Rolls, Monthly returns 5 docs (1868-1872) g. Oaths Qualifications 12 docs (1868-1872) h. Orders none i. Receipts, invoices 7 docs (1868-1872) j. Requisitions 2 docs (1868) k. Resignations 4 docs (1869-1871) l. Target Practice Reports none m. Other none

Extract from and Link to Official History:

"The corps was named in honor of H.H. Haight, who was Governor of the State at that time."
"Despite the high standard of efficiency attained by the Light Horse Guard, they were honorably mustered out of the service by Special Order No. 7, May 29, 1872."
History of the Haight Light Horse Guard