California Militia and National Guard Unit Histories: Volume 1. 1849-1881


California Military History
California Militia and National Guard Unit Histories
Volume 1. 1849-1881

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General Histories

"Polished Boot and Bran New Suit" The California Militia in Community Affairs
Creation of the National Guard of California
California Militia and Expeditions Against the Indians, 1850 - 1859
The Sand Lot Riots of 1879 and Kearneyism: (includes the National Guard of California in San Francisco during the 1870s)
Military Units in Southern California, 1853-1862
Newspaper Clippings Pertaining to the Militia and National Guard of California 1853-1879
Independent Military Companies



Reports of the Adjutant General



Volunteer Companies of the California Militia (1850-1866) and the National Guard of California (1866-1881)

Introduction to the History of the California Militia and National Guard, 1859-1880
- State Staff (Office of the Adjutant General), Sacramento, 1850-1940
Alameda County
- Alvarado Guard, Alvarado (now Union City), 1863-1868
- Brooklyn Guard, Brooklyn (now San Leandro/East Oakland), 1865-1868
- Hayward Guard, Hayward, 1864-1868
- Jackson Guard, Oakland, 1865-1868
- Live Oak Zouaves (Oakland Zouaves), Oakland, 1870-1872
- Oakland Grenadiers, Oakland, 1870-1871
- Oakland Home Guard (Oakland Guard), Oakland, 1861-1880
- Oakland Light Calvary, Oakland, 1878-1885
Alpine County
- Alpine Rifles, Markleeville, 1864-1866
- Markleeville Guard, Markleeville, 1864
Amador County
- Amador Hussars, Jackson, 1861-1862
- Amador Mountaineers, Jackson, 1861
- Amador Rangers, Jackson, 1858
- lone City Guard, Ione, 1863-1866
- Jackson Guard, Jackson, 1863-1868
- Sutter Creek Guard, Sutter Creek, 1864-1866
- Sutter Creek Volunteers, Sutter Creek, 1861-1862
- Volcano Blues, Volcano, 1861-1868 and 1871-1872
  - California's Volcano Blues
  - The Amador War of 1871
- Volcano Guard, Volcano, 1858-1861
Butte County
- Bangor Guard, Bangor, 1864-1866
- Butte County Dragoons, Oroville, 1861
- Butte Mounted Rifles, Oroville, 1861
- California Volunteers, Oroville, 1861
- Chico Guard, Chico, 1875-1890
- Chico Light Infantry, Chico, 1863-1866
  - John Bidwell: Civil War Politics and the Indian Crisis of 1862
- Oroville Guard, Oroville, 1856-1857 and 1861-1868
Calaveras County
- Angels Guard, Angel's Camp, 1862-1868
- First Calaveras Guard, Moklumne Hill,1852-1853
- Calaveras Light Guard, Murphys, 1852-1868
- Jesus Maria Guard, Jesus Maria, 1854-1857
- Mokelumne Hill Rifles, Mokelumne Hill, 1863-1866
- San Andreas Light Infantry, San Andreas, 1862-1866
- Union Guard, Poverty Bar/Campo Seco,1861-1867
- Union Guard, Copperoplis, 1864-1868
Contra Costa County
- Contra Costa Guard, San Pablo, 1863-1866
Del Norte County
- Crescent City Guard, Crescent City, 1861-1864
- Klamath Mounted Rangers, Crescent City, 1854-1855
- Klamath Rifles, Young's Ferry, 1855
- Citizens of Crescent City, Crescent City,1856
- Klamath County Coast Rangers, Crescent City,1854
- Crescent Rifles, Crescent City, 1856-1861
- Mounted Coast Rifles, Crescent City,1855-1861
- Salmon Guards, Sawyers Bar, 1855-1861
- Smith River Independent Mounted Riflemen, Smith River, 1873-1877
El Dorado County
- Banks Guard, Smith's Flat, 1863-1866
- Coloma Greys, Coloma, 1857-1862
- Confidence Guard, Placerville,1860
- El Dorado Mountaineers, El Dorado, 1863-1866
- Georgetown Union Guard, Georgetown, 1863-1868
- National Guard, Placerville, 1863-1866
- Placerville City Guard, Placerville, 1863-1880
- Placerville Guards, Placerville, 1855
- Placerville Guard, Placerville, 1862
Humboldt County
- Arcata Guard, Arcata, 1862-1866
- Eureka Guard, Eureka, 1879-1880
- Eureka Rifles, Eureka,1862-1864 `
- Humboldt Guard, Arcata, 1874
- Humboldt Volunteers, Hydesville, 1860
- Mounted Volunteers, 1861
- Trinity Rangers, Pardee's Ranch, Redwood Creek, 1858-1859
- Union Volunteers, Union, 1855
Lassen County
- Honey Lake Guard, Susanville, 1857, 1864-1868
Los Angeles County
- City Guard of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1855-1861
- Lanceros de Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1857-1861
- Los Angeles Guard, Los Angeles,1853-1881
- Los Angeles Greys, Los Angeles1861-1862
- Los Angeles Mounted Rifles, Los Angeles, 1861
  - California's Confederate Militia: The Los Angeles Mounted Rifles
- Los Angeles Rangers, Los Angeles,1853-1857
- Monte Rangers, Los Angeles, 1854-1861
- Ringgold Light Artillery, Los Angeles, 1855-1857
- Southern Rifles, Los Angeles, 1851-1861
- Union Guard, Los Angeles, 1857
Marin County
- Lincoln Calvary, Tomales, 1864-1866
- Washington Rifles, Tomales, 1864
Mariposa County
- California State Rangers, Quartsburg,1853
- Coulterville Rifles, Coulterville, 1864-1866
- Mariposa Guard, Mariposa, 1856
- Mariposa Mounted Riflemen, Mariposa, 1858-1861
Mono County
- Bodie Guard, Bodie, 1880
- Esmerelda Rifles, Aurora, 1862-1864
- Hooker Light Infantry, Aurora, 1863-1864
Monterey County
- Conner Guard, Monterey, 1863-1866
Napa County
- Napa Guard, Napa, 1861-1868
- Napa Rangers, Napa, 1864-1868
- Washington Light Artillery (Washington Light Battery), Napa, 1863-1866
Nevada County
- Bridgeport Union Guard, North San Juan, 1864-1866
- Company "H", Nevada City, 1861
- Eureka Rangers, Moor's Flat, 1863-1866
- Grass Valley Union Guard, Grass Valley, 1863-1866
- Howell Zouaves, Grass Valley, 1865-1872
- Little York Union Guard, You Bet, 1863-1867
- Nevada Light Guard, Nevada City,1863
- Nevada Rifles, Nevada City, 1858-1863
- San Juan Guard, North San Juan, 1863-1864
Placer County
- Auburn Greys, Auburn, 1861-1868
- Forest Hill Guard, Forest Hill, 1861-1866
- Lincoln & Virginia Union Guard, Lincoln, 1863-1866
  - Lincoln Had Its Own Little Army Gold Country Media
- Mountain Blues, Iowa Hill,1855-1856
- Mountain Volunteers, Forest Hill, 1861
- Pacific Guard, Dutch Flat,1861-1868
- Pilot Hill Rangers, Pilot Hill, 1864-1866
- Placer Cadets, Iowa Hill, 1865-1866
- Placer County Mountaineers, Forest Hill, 1861
- Placer Guard, Iowa Hill, 1861-1862
- Placer Rifles, Auburn,1856-1857
- Shields Guard, Forest Hill, 1861-1863
- Union Corps, Michigan Bluff, 1862-1865
- Yankee Jims Rifles, Yankee Jim, 1863-1867
Plumas County
- Indian Valley Rifles, Taylorville, 1863
- Plumas Rangers, Quncy, 1855-1861
- Union Guard, Quincy, 1863
- Union Corps, Quincy, 1864
Sacramento County
- Baker Guard, Sacramento 1863-1866
- City Guard, Sacramento 1858-1880
- Emmet Guard, Sacramento, 1864
- Granite Guard, Folsom, 1861-1863
- Independent City Guard, Sacramento, 1856-1880
- National Guard, , Sacramento, 1862-1867
- Sacramento Cadets, Sacramento, 1856-1857
- Sacramento Guard, Sacramento, 1855-1856
- Sacramento Hussars, Sacramento,1863-1874
- Sacramento Light Artillery, Sacramento, 1864-1880
- Sacramento Rangers, Sacramento, 1861
- Sacramento Sharpshooters, Sacramento, 1863-1866
- Sarsfield Grenadier Guard, Sacramento, 1870-1880
- Sutter Rifles, Sacramento, 1852-1861
- Turner Rifles, Sacramento, 1863-1864
- Walnut Grove Union Guard, Walnut Grove, 1863-1866
- Washington Rifles, Sacramento, 1861
San Bernardino County
- First Light Dragoons, San Bernardino, 1856-1857
- San Bernardino Calvary, San Bernardino, 1880
- San Bernardino Rangers (San Bernardino Mountain Rangers, San Bernardino Mounted Rifles), San Bernadino, 1856-1862
- San Bernardino Rough and Ready Cavalry , San Bernardino, 1855-1856
San Diego County
- San Diego Guard, San Diego, 1856-1863
San Francisco County
- 1st Infantry Regiment, San Francisco, 1861-1907
- 1st Cavalry Regiment, San Francisco, 1864-1868
- 1st Cavalry Battalion, San Francisco, 1868-1881
  - Rules and Regulations of the First Cavalry Battalion, Second Brigade, National Guard of California (1878)
- 2nd (Irish) Infantry Regiment, San Francisco, 1862-1881
  - Company F: F Company Veterans 1878-1881 (1891)
- 3rd (Irish) Infantry Regiment, San Francisco, 1871-1895
- 6th (German ) Infantry Regiment, San Francisco, 1864-1866
- Benham Guard, San Francisco, 1856*
- Black Hussars, San Francisco, 1859-1862
- Carbineers (French Guard), San Francisco, 1859-1862
- California Fusileers, San Francisco,1858-1881
- California Grenadiers, San Francisco, 1864-1866
- California Musketeers, San Francisco, 1864-1866
- California Rifles, San Francisco, 1871
- California Rifles (French Guard), San Francisco,1860-1862
- California Tigers, San Francisco,1865-1869
- City Guard, San Francisco,1854-1880
- Constitution Guard, San Francisco, 1856*
- Columbian Guard, San Francisco, 1863-1866
- Ellis Guard, San Francisco, 1863-1866
- Ellsworth Guard Zouaves, San Francisco, 1862-1866
- Ellsworth Rifles, San Francisco, 1861-1872
- Ellsworth Zouaves Cadets, San Francisco, 1864-1866
- Emmet Life Guard, San Francisco, 1862-1866
- Emmet Guard, San Francisco, 1866-1881
- Eureka Guard, San Francisco, 1865-1869
- Eureka Light Horse Guard, San Francisco,1852-1853
- Excelsior Guard, San Francisco, 1865-1869
- Federal Guard, San Francisco, 1865-1866
- First California Guard, San Francisco, 1849-1880
- First Light Dragoons, San Francisco, 1852
- Franklin Light Infantry (Franklin Light Guard), San Francisco, 1861
- Germania Guard, San Francisco, 1864-1866
- Germania Rifles, San Francisco, 1868-1881
- Governors Guard, San Francisco, 1865-1866
- Grant Guard, San Francisco, 1864-1866
- Haight Light Horse Guard, San Francisco, 1868-1872
- Hewston Rifles, San Francisco, 1869-1880
- Hibernia Greens, San Francisco, 1865-1866
- Hugh O'Neil Guard, San Francisco, 1863
- Jackson Dragoons, San Francisco, 1863-1880
- Jackson Guard, San Francisco, 1856*
- Jefferson Guard, San Francisco, 1856*
- Liberty Guard, San Francisco, 1864-1868
- Lincoln Guard, San Francisco, 1864-1866
- Marion Rifles, San Francisco, 1852-1861
- Meagher Guard (Irish Invincible), San Francisco, 1862-1866
- Meagher Guard, San Francisco, 1868-1880
- Mechanics Guard (McKenzie Guard), San Francisco,1864-1868
- Mission Guard, San Francisco, 1864-1866
- Monroe Guard, San Francisco, 1856*
- Montgomery Guard, San Francisco, 1859-1880
- McClelland Guard, San Francisco, 1862-1865
- McKenzie Zouaves, San Francisco, 1866-1868
- McMahon Grenadier Guard, San Francisco, 1871-1881
- McMahon Guard, San Francisco, 1859-1871
- National Guards, San Francisco, 1855
- National Lancers, San Francisco, 1852-1881
- Pioneer Zouaves, San Francisco, 1862-1866
- San Francisco Blues, San Francisco, 1852-1859
- San Francisco Cadets, San Francisco, 1863-1880
- San Francisco Fusileers, San Francisco, 1871-1880
- San Francisco Guard, San Francisco, 1866-1869
- San Francisco Hussars, San Francisco,1862-1881
- San Francisco Light Guard, San Francisco, 1858-1880
- San Francisco Tiralleurs, San Francisco, 1864-1866
- San Francisco Yeagers (Jaegers), San Francisco, 1864-1866
- Sarsfield Guards, San Francisco, 1855-1861
- Sarsfield Guard, San Francisco, 1868-1872
- Seward Guard, San Francisco, 1865-1866
- Sheridan Guard, San Francisco, 1864-1866
- Sherman Guard, San Francisco, 1865-1866
- Shields Guard, 1862-1881
- Sigel Rifles, San Francisco, 1861-1866
- State Guard, San Francisco, 1863-1869
- State Guard Cadets, 1864
- Statman Zouaves, San Francisco, 1873
- Steuben Guard, San Francisco, 1864-1866, 1868-1879
- Sumner Home Guard, San Francisco, 1861-1863
- Sumner Light Guard, San Francisco, 1863-1880
- Templar Guard, San Francisco, 1864-1865
- Thompson Rifles, San Francisco, 1875-1880
- Tittle Zouaves, San Francisco, 1864-1866
- Union Guard, San Francisco, 1856*
- Union Guard (Gatling Battery), San Francisco, 1861-1881
- Veteran Guard, San Francisco, 1867-1871
- Veterans of the Mexican War, San Francisco, 1870-1872
- Wallace Guards, San Francisco, 1855-1860
- Warren Guard, San Francisco, 1871-1873
- Washington Continental Guards, San Francisco, 1855-1862
- Washington Guard, San Francisco, 1849-
- Washington Light Infantry, San Francisco, 1862-1867
- Wolfe Tone Guard, San Francisco, 1862-1880
San Joaquin County
- Castoria Guard, Castoria (now French Camp), 1864-1866
- City Guard of Stockton, Stockton, 1855
- Linden Light Dragoons, Linden, 1863-1864
- Mokelumne Light Dragoons, Lockeford, 1863-1867
- San Joaquin Guard, Stockton, 1851-1852
- San Joaquin Mounted Rifles, Stockton, 1858
- Stockton Blues, Stockton, 1859-1861
- Stockton City Guard, Stockton 1864-1868
- Stockton Guard, Stockton, 1872-1885
- Stockton Light Artillery, Stockton 1864-1868
- Stockton Light Dragoons, Stockton, 1862-1866
- Stockton Union Guard, Stockton, 1861-1866
- Stockton Zouave Guard, Stockton, 1871-1872
San Luis Obispo County
- San Luis Obispo Guard, San Luis Obispo, 1858-1859
San Mateo, County
- Jefferson Cavalry, Redwood City, 1864-1866
Santa Barbara County
- Santa Barbara Guard, Santa Barbara, 1854-1856
- Santa Barbara Mounted Riflemen, Santa Barbara, 1854-1856
Santa Clara County
- Alviso Rifles, Alviso Mills, 1863-1866
- Alviso Guards, Alviso Mills, 1866-1868
- Burnett Light Horse Guard, San Jose, 1864-1868
- Gilroy Guard, San Jose, 1863-1866
- Johnson Guard, San Jose, 1865-1866
- National Light Artillery, San Jose, 1863-1866
- National Guard, San Jose, 1857-1861
- New Almaden Calvary, New Almaden, 1864-1868
- Redwood Calvary, McCarthysville, 1863-1866
- San Jose Volunteers, San Jose. 1861
- San Jose Zouaves, San Jose, 1862-1879
- Santa Clara Guard, Santa Clara, 1864-1866
- Santa Clara Light Infantry, Santa Clara, 1861-1864
- Santa Clara Zouaves, Santa Clara, 1863-1865
- Union Guard, San Jose, 1861-1866
Santa Cruz County
- Butler Guard, Santa Cruz, 1863-1866
  - Additional History
- Crusade Rangers, Watsonville, 1858
  - Additional History
- Santa Cruz Cavalry, Santa Cruz, 1863-1868
  - Additional History
- Santa Cruz Volunteers, Santa Cruz, 1861
- Watsonville Guard, Watsonville, 1863-1868
  - Additional History
Shasta County
- Lyon Light Infantry, Shasta, 1863-1868
- Trueman Head Rifles, French Gulch, 1863-1866
Sierra County
- Allegheny Guard, Allegheny, 1863-1866
- Eureka Blues, Eureka City, 1856
- Forest Rifles, Forest City, 1854-1866
- Gibsonville Blues, Gibsonville, 1858-1860
- Goodyear's Bar Rifles, Goodyear's Bar, 1854-1860
- La Porte Guard, La Porte, 1863-1868
- Minnesota Guard, Minnesota City, 1863-1866
- Mobile Guard, Shady Flat, 1858
- Mountain Rangers, Sierraville, 1864-1866
- National Guard, Downieville, 1857-1868
- Sierra Greys (Sierra County Blues), La Porte,1858-1861
- Sierra Guards, Downieville, 1854-1859
- Sierra Rangers, Allegheny Town,1858
- Table Rock Union Guard, Howland Flat, 1864-1866
- Union Guard, Eureka City, 1864-866
Siskiyou County
- Scott River Guard, Scott River, 1856-1857
- Scott Valley Guard, Scott Valley, 1863
- Siskiyou Guard, Humbug City, 1855-1859
- Siskiyou Guard, Yreka, 1876-1879
- Siskiyou Light Guard, Yreka 1863-1868
Solono County
- Benicia Guard, Benicia, 1862-1866
- Frisbee Guard, Vallejo, 1869-1972
- Lincoln Artillery, Vallejo, 1864-1866
- Maine Prairie Rifles, Maine Praire, 1863-1868
- McClellan Guard, Vallejo, 1863-1864
- Suisun Cavalry, Suisun City, 1863-1866
- Suisun Light Dragoons, Suisun, 1866-1868
- Sarsfield Guard, Benicia, 1862-1866
- Vallejo Rifles, Vallejo,1861-1882
Sonoma County
- Bloomfield Guard, Bloomfield, 1862-1866
- Emmet Guard, Petaluma,1871-1872
- Emmet Rifles, Petaluma,1862-1866
- Hewston Guard, Petaluma,1869-1881
- Petaluma City Guard, Petaluma, 1864-1868
- Petaluma Guard, Petaluma, 1856-1867
- Petaluma Union Mounted Rifles, Petaluma, 1864
- Russian River Rifles, Healdsburg, 1862-1868
- Sotoyame Guard, Healdsburg, 1858-1860
- Washington Guard, Santa Rosa, 1862-1867
- Washington Horse Guard, Santa Rosa, 1859
Sutter County
- Butte Mountain Rangers, Sutter, 1863-1866
- Company "A", Yuba City, 1861-1862
Stanislaus County
- Franklin Guard, Knight's Ferry, 1862-1866
- Stanislaus Guard, Knight's Ferry, 1860-1862
Tehama County
- Kibbe Rangers, Red Bluff, 1859-1860
- Lassen Rangers, Red Bluff, 1863-1866
- Red Bluff Guard, Red Bluff, 1866-1872
Tuolumne County
- Columbia Fusileers, Columbia, 1853-1857
- Grant Guard, Shaw's Flat, 1863-1866
- Jamestown Guard, Jamestown, 1862-1866
- Sigels Guard, Sonora, 1862-1866
- Sonora Greys, Sonora, 1854-1861
- Tuolumne Guard, Montezuma, 1862-1866
- Tuolumne Guard, Columbia, 1866-1868
- Tuolumne Home Guard, Columbia, 1861-1866
- Tuolumne Home Guard, Chinese Camp, 1862-1866
Trinity County
- Douglas City Rifles, Douglas City, 1861-1866
- Halleck Rifles, Weaverville, 1862
- Kibbe Guard, Weaverville, 1858
- Trinity Guards, Weaverville, 1854-1861
- Trinity Rifles, Douglas City, 1867-1868
- Union Guard, Weaverville, 1861-1862
Tulare County
- Tulare Home Guard, Visalia, 1863-1866
- Tulare Mounted Riflemen, Visalia 1856
Yolo County
- Washington Guard, Washington (later Broderick, and now West Sacramento), 1862-1866
- Woodland Guard, Woodland, 1863-1867
- Yolo Union Cavalry, Buckeye (now Woodland), 1863-1866
Yuba County
- California Zouaves, Marysville, 1861
- Marysville Fire Zouaves, Marysville,1861
- Downey Guard, Timbuctoo,1860-1862
- Hooker Guard, Oregon House, 1863-1866
- Marysville Rifles, Marysville, 1859-1866
- Marysville Light Artillery, Marysville, 1866-1869
- Mountain Riflemen, New York Flat, 1855-1857
- Independent New York Guard, New York Flat, 1855
- Saragossa Light Guard, Marysville, 1865-1866
- Sherman Guard, Marysville, 1871-1875
- Union Guard, Marysville, 1863-1866
- Yuba Guards, Marysville, 1855-1857
- Yuba Light Infantry, Camptonville, 1863-1880
Encampments of the California Militia
- Regulations for Camp Allen: First Annual Encampment of the Second Brigade, California Militia, October 6th, 1863.
- Encampment of the 3rd Brigade, California Militia

* Units raised during for service during the "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856


Indian Wars

California Militia and Expeditions Against the Indians, 1850 - 1859


The Civil War

California's Confederate Militia: The Los Angeles Mounted Rifles
California Volunteers in the Civil War
Edward Baker's California Regiment: The 71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (The California Regiment) 71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (The California Regiment)
The California 100: 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry, Company A Fort Tejon Historical Association


California Volunteers 1861-1866

Introduction
1st Battalion of Mountaineers, Fort Humboldt, 1863-1865
- Company A, Humboldt County
- Company B, Arcata
- Company C, Humboldt and Trinity Counties
- Company D, Humboldt County
- Company E, Mendocino County
- Company F, Siskiyou County
1st Battalion of Native Cavalry, Drum Barracks, Los Angeles, 1863-1866
- Company A, Recruited statewide
- Company B. Monterey, Placer, Sacramento and San Francisco Counties
- Company C. Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Counties
- Company D. Los Angeles County
1st Battalion of Veteran Infantry, Franklin, Texas 1864-1866
- Company A, Fort Union, New Mexico Territory
- Company B, Fort Craig, New Mexico Territory
- Company C, Las Cruces, New Mexico Territory
- Company D, Las Cruces, New Mexico Territory
- Company E, Franklin, Texas
- Company F, Las Cruces, New Mexico Territory
- Company G, Franklin Texas
1st Regiment of Cavalry, Camp Merchant, Oakland, 1861-1866
- Company A, Camp Merchant, Oakland
- Company B, Camp Merchant, Oakland
- Company C, Camp Merchant, Oakland
- Company D, Camp Merchant, Oakland
- Company E, Camp Merchant, Oakland
- Company F, Camp Merchant, Oakland
- Company G, Camp Merchant, Oakland
- Company H, Camp Merchant, Oakland
- Company I, Camp Merchant, Oakland
- Company K, Camp Merchant, Oakland
- Company L, Camp Merchant, Oakland
- Company M, Camp Merchant, Oakland
1st Regiment of Infantry, Camp Downey, Oakland, 1861-1866
- Company A, (former California Volunteers, California Militia), Oroville
- Company B, Camp Downey, Oakland
- Company C (former Amador Mountaineers, California Militia), Jackson
- Company D (former San Jose Volunteers, California Militia), San Jose
- Company E (former Washington Rifles, California Militia), Sacramento
- Company F (former Sierra Grays, California Militia), La Porte
- Company G, Camp Downey, Oakland
- Company H, Presidio of San Francisco
- Company I, Marysville
- Company K, Camp Latham, Los Angeles
  - Additional History
2nd Regiment of Cavalry (including the History of the Battle of Bear River, Idaho), Camp Alert, San Francisco, 1861-1866
- Additional History
- Company A, Camp Alert, San Francisco
- Company B, Camp Alert, San Francisco
- Company C, Camp Alert, San Francisco
- Company D, Camp Alert, San Francisco
- Company E, Camp Alert, San Francisco
- Company F (former Sacramento Rangers, California Militia), Sacramento
- Company G, Camp Alert, San Francisco
- Company H, Camp Alert, San Francisco
- Company I, Camp Alert, San Francisco
- Company K, Camp Alert, San Francisco
- Company L, Camp Alert, San Francisco
  - Albert Brown's Cavalry Company
- Company M, Camp Alert, San Francisco
2nd Regiment of Infantry, Camp Sumner, San Francisco, 1861-1866
- Company A, San Francisco
- Company B, Camp Lyon, San Francisco
- Company C (former Amador Mountaineers, California Militia), Jackson
- Company D, San Francisco
- Company E, San Francisco
- Company F (partially formed from Forest Rifles, California Militia), Carson City, NevadaTerritory
- Company G, San Francisco
- Company H, San Francisco
- Company I, San Francisco
- Company K, San Francisco
3rd Regiment of Infantry, Stockton, 1861-1866
- Company A, Stockton
- Company B, Stockton
- Company C, Benicia Barracks
- Company D, Stockton
- Company E, Benicia Barracks
- Company F, Benicia Barracks
- Company G, Benicia Barracks
- Company H, Benicia Barracks
- Company I, Benicia Barracks
- Company K, Stockton
4th Regiment of Infantry, Camp Sigel, Auburn, 1861-1865
- Company A (patially formed from Auburn Greys, California Militia), Placerville
- Company B, Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory
- Company C, Fort Walla Walla, Washington Territory
- Company D (partially formed from the Volcano Blues, California Militia), Fort Yamill,Oregon Territory
- Company E, Fort Steilacoom, Washington Territory
- Company F, Camp Sigel, Auburn
- Company G, Camp Sigel, Auburn
- Company H, Camp Union. Sacramento
- Company I, Camp Sigel, Auburn
- Company K, Camp Union, Sacramento
5th Regiment of Infantry, Camp Union, Sacramento, 1861-1864
- Company A, Yreka
- Company B, Camp Union, Sacramento
- Company C, Grass Valley
- Company D, Camp Union, Sacramento
- Company E, Camp Union, Sacramento
- Company F, Quincy
- Company G, Placerville
- Company H, Camp Union. Sacramento
- Company I, Benicia Barracks
- Company K, Camp Union, Sacramento
6th Regiment of Infantry, Benicia Barracks, 1863-1864
- Company A (former Company K, 1st Washington Territorial Infantry Regiment), Benicia Barracks
- Company B, San Francisco
- Company C, Benicia Barracks
- Company D, San Francisco
- Company E, Benicia Barracks
- Company F, Benicia Barracks
- Company G, Benicia Barracks
- Company H, Benicia Barracks
- Company I, Benicia Barracks
- Company K, Benicia Barracks
7th Regiment of Infantry, Presidio of San Francisco, 1865-1866
- Company A, Camp Union, Sacramento
- Company B, Presidio of San Francisco
- Company C, Presidio of San Francisco
- Company D, Presidio of San Francisco
- Company E, Presidio of San Francisco
- Company F, Presidio of San Francisco
- Company G, Presidio of San Francisco
- Company H, Presidio of San Francisco
- Company I, Presidio of San Francisco
- Company K, Presidio of San Francisco
8th Regiment of Infantry, Alcatraz Island, 1865
- Company A, Fort Point
- Company B, Fort Point
- Company C, Fort Point
- Company D, Fort Point
- Company E, Alcatraz Island
- Company F, Camp Reynolds, Angel lsland
- Company G, Alcatraz Island
- Company H, Alcatraz Island and Fort Point
- Company I, Presidio of San Francisco
- Company K, Presidio of San Francisco
Additional Histories of the California Volunteers

Massachusetts Volunteers

Pennsylvania Volunteers

The California Brigade

New York Volunteers

32nd Regiment of Infantry (1st California Regiment)



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