Historic California Militia and
National Guard Units
Nevada Light Guard
Company C (Nevada Light
Guard), 5th Infantry Battalion, National Guard of
California, circa 1872-1880. (California Military
Department Historical Collection No. 2020.19.31)
Military Unit Designation:
Nevada Light Guard, 4th Brigade, 1st
Division, California Militia
After 1866, Nevada Light Guard, Battery C,
1st Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade, National Guard of
California
After 1872, Nevada Light Guard, Company B,
5th Infantry Battalion, 4th Brigade, National Guard of
California
Date of Organization: April 18, 1863
Inclusive dates of units papers: 1861-1878
Geographical Location or Locations: Nevada City, Nevada
County
Unit papers on file at the California State Archives:
a. Organization Papers 2
documents (1863)
b. Bonds 2 documents (1864-1866)
c. Correspondence (Unclassified letters) 35 documents
(1861-1878)
d. Election Returns 11 documents (1864-1877)
e. Exempt Certificates, Applications for none
f. Muster Rolls, Monthly returns 55 documents (1863-1878)
g. Oaths Qualifications 152 documents (1863-1878)
h. Orders none
i. Receipts, invoices 12 documents (1863-1877)
j. Requisitions 7 documents (1863-1873)
k. Resignations 4 documents (1864)
l. Target Practice Reports 12 documents (1866-1878)
m. Other Public Property, 5 documents (1866-1871)
Extracts from and link to Official History:
"The volunteer company of Nevada City which
started out under the title of Nevada Light Guard, Fourth
Brigade, was continually in service for forty-four years,
although the designation of the company changed many times."
"Under the Military Law of 1866, the Nevada
Light Guard was combined with other companies and was
redesignated, August sixth of that year, as Company B, Nevada
Light Guard of the Fifth Infantry, National Guard of
California." Feb. 19, 1872, the Nevada Light Guard was
combined with other regiments and was designated as Company C,
Fourth Infantry Regiment, Fourth Brigade, "On the 31st day of
Mar. 1877, several companies were disbanded to be reorganized
into a new battalion. This change gave the unit the title of
Company C, of the First Battalion of Infantry, Fourth
Brigade." In 1866, the Nevada Light Guard became Battery C,
First Artillery Regiment, Fourth Brigade.
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