Historic California Militia and
National Guard Units
Placer Cadets
Military Unit Designation: Placer
Cadets, Company F, 1st Infantry Battalion, 4th Brigade, California
Militia
Date of Organization: April 1, 1865
Date of Disbanding: August 7, 1866
Inclusive dates of units papers: 1865-1866
Geographical Location or Locations: Iowa Hill, Placer County
Unit papers on file at the California
State Archives:
a. Organization Papers 1 document
(1865)
b. Bonds none
c. Correspondence (Unclassified letters) 4 documents (1865-1866)
d. Election Returns none
e. Exempt Certificates, Applications for none
f. Muster Rolls, Monthly returns 3 documents (1865-1866)
g. Oaths Qualifications none
h. Orders none
i. Receipts, invoices 4 documents (1865-1866)
j. Requisitions 1 document (1865)
k. Resignations none
l. Target Practice Reports none
m. Other none
Extract from and link to Official History:
"This company appears on record in
the Adjutant General's report of 1864, although there was no
conclusive evidence of the Placer Cadet's existence until 1865
according to the organization papers on file in the Adjutant
General's Office."
