Historic California Militia and
National Guard Units
Placerville City Guard
Placerville City
Guard on parade sometine during the Civil War. (Public Domain)
Organizational
Data
Military Unit Designation:
Placerville City Guard, Company B, 2nd
Infantry Battalion, 4th Brigade, California Militia
After 23 July 1866, Placerville City Guard,
Company B, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, National Guard
of California
After 1872, Placerville City Guard, Company
D, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, National Guard of California
After 1877, Placerville City Guard, Company
D, 1st Infantry Battalion, 4th Brigade, National Guard of California
Date of Organization: August 24, 1863
Date of Disbanding: March 19, 1880
Inclusive dates of units papers: 1863-1881
Geographical Location or Locations: Placerville, El Dorado
County
Unit papers
on file at the California State Archives:
a. Organization Papers 2 documents
(1863)
b. Bonds 1 document (1864)
c. Correspondence (Unclassified letters) 23 documents (1863-1881)
d. Election Returns 7 documents (1864-1879)
e. Exempt Certificates, Applications for none
f. Muster Rolls, Monthly returns 45 documents (1863-1880)
g. Oaths Qualifications 126 documents (1865-1880)
h. Orders none
i. Receipts, invoices 11 documents (1863-1880)
j. Requisitions 3 documents (1863-1879)
k. Resignations 4 documents (1863-1872)
l. Target Practice Reports 7 documents (1871-1880)
m. Other Public Property, 1 document (1871)
Report of Inspection, 1 document (1880)
Extract
from and link to Official History
"The company was reorganized July
23, 1866 and on that date, it was "designated as Company
B, Placerville City Guard, Fourth Infantry Regiment, National
Guard of California.Pursuant to Special Order No. 7 in 1872,
it was transferred to the Fourth Infantry Regiment, Fourth Brigade
as Company D on March 31, 1877, per Special Order No. 5, the
Company was transferred to Company D 1st Battalion of Infantry.
By an Act of the Legislature of 1880, this company was attached
to the First Artillery Regiment, Fourth Brigade as Company D..."Outline
History of the California National Guard, Vol. 2, #209.
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