California Militia
and National Guard Unit Histories
McClelland Guard
(Excelsior Guard)
San Francisco's Irish
American Hall. Located at 818 Harrison Street this building served
as the armory for the McClellend Guard and the Excelsior Guard
as well as many other ethnic Irish units of the California National
Guard.
Official or Other Titles:
McClelland Guard, Company G, 1st Artillery
Regiment, 2nd Brigade, California Militia (CM)
After 7 December 1865, Excelsior Guard,
Company G, 1st Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade, CM
After 23 August 1866, Excelsior Guard,
Company E, 2nd (Irish) Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, National
Guard of California
Location: City
and County of San Francisco
Armory: Irish-American
Hall, 818 Harrison
Mustered in: December
27, 1862
Mustered out:
July 29, 1869 Inclusive dates of units papers: 1862-1869
Unit papers on file at the California
State Archives
a. Organization Papers 1 document (1862)
b. Bonds 1 document (1866)
c. Correspondence (Unclassified letters) 17 documents (1862-1865)
d. Election Returns 9 documents (1863-1869)
e. Exempt Certificates, Applications for none
f. Muster Rolls, Monthly returns 17 documents (1863-1869)
g. Oaths Qualifications 13 documents (1863-1868)
h. Orders none
i. Receipts, invoices 3 documents (1863-1866)
j. Requisitions 3 documents (1863-1869)
k. Resignations 5 documents (1863-1868)
l. Target Practice Reports 4 documents (1866-1868)
m. Other Public Property, 1 document (1868)
