California Militia
and National Guard Unit Histories
Trueman Head Rifles
Official or Other Titles:
Trueman Head Rifles, Company F, 5th Brigade,
California Militia
Location:
French Gulch, Shasta County
Mustered in: June
23, 1863
Date of Disbanding: Aug. 20, 1866
Inclusive dates of units papers: 1863-1866
Papers on file at the California State
Archives
a. Organization Papers 1 document (1863)
b. Bonds 1 document (1864)
c. Correspondence (Unclassified letters) 15 documents (1863-1864)
d. Election Returns 3 documents (1864-1866)
e. Exempt Certificates, Applications for none
f. Muster Rolls, Monthly returns 8 documents (1863-1866)
g. Oaths Qualifications 7 documents (1863-1865)
h. Orders none
i. Receipts, invoices 3 documents (1863-1866)
j. Requisitions 1 document (1863)
k. Resignations none
l. Target Practice Reports none
m. Other none
Miscellaneous:
The members adapted the name of Trueman Head Rifles to show honor
to one of California's most prominent frontiersmen, who was more
generally known under the euphonious title of `California
Joe'. Truman Head was appointed Chief of Scouts by Brevet
Brigadier General George A. Custer for the U.S. Cavalry.