California State Militia Units 1850-60

The following are California State Militia
California Army National Guard
The California Army National Guard is the land force component of the California National Guard, one of the reserve component United States Army and is part of the United States National Guard. The California Army National Guard is composed of about 20,000 soldiers...

units that were active in the state of California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

between 1851 and 1860, prior to the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

Amador County

Amador Rangers, Jackson
Jackson, California
Jackson is the county seat of Amador County, California. The population was 4,651 at the 2010 census, up from 3,989 at the 2000 census...

, 1858 Utah War
Utah War
The Utah War, also known as the Utah Expedition, Buchanan's Blunder, the Mormon War, or the Mormon Rebellion was an armed confrontation between LDS settlers in the Utah Territory and the armed forces of the United States government. The confrontation lasted from May 1857 until July 1858...
Volcano Guard, Volcano
Volcano, California
Volcano is a census-designated place in Amador County, California. It lies at an elevation of 2070 feet . The population was 115 at the 2010 census. It is located at , just north of Pine Grove. The town is registered as California Historical Landmark #29...

, 1858 Utah War

Butte County
Butte County, California
Butte County is a county located in the Central Valley of the US state of California, north of the state capital of Sacramento. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 220,000. The county seat is Oroville. Butte County is the "Land of Natural Wealth and Beauty."Butte County is watered by the...

Oroville Guard, Oroville
Oroville, California
Oroville is the county seat of Butte County, California. The population was 15,506 at the 2010 census, up from 13,004 at the 2000 census...

, December 22, 1856 - July 5, 1857

Calaveras County
Calaveras County, California
Calaveras County is a county located in the Gold Country of the U.S. state of California. Calaveras is the Spanish word for skulls; the county was reportedly named for the remains of Native Americans discovered by the Spanish explorer Captain Gabriel Moraga. As of the 2010 census, the county had a...

First Calaveras Guard, Mokelumne Hill, 1852 - 1853
Jesus Maria Guard, Jesus Maria
Jesus Maria, California
Jesus Maria is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California. It lies at an elevation of 1043 feet and is located at . The community is in ZIP code 95222 and area code 209....

, 1854-1857

El Dorado County
El Dorado County, California
El Dorado County is a county located in the historic Gold Country in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and foothills of the U.S. state of California. The 2010 population was 181,058. The El Dorado county seat is in Placerville....

1st Company, Mud Springs
El Dorado, California
El Dorado , not to be confused with the nearby El Dorado Hills, is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located southwest of Placerville, at an elevation of 1608 feet . The population was 4,096 at the 2000 census...

1850 El Dorado Expedition
2nd Company, Placerville
Placerville
Placerville is the name of several places in the United States:* Placerville, California* Placerville, Colorado* Placerville, Idaho...

1850, El Dorado Expedition
3rd Company, Placerville 1850 El Dorado Expedition
Placerville Guard, Placerville, 1855
Coloma Greys, Coloma
Coloma
Coloma may refer to:In places:*United States:** Coloma, California** Coloma, Michigan** Coloma, Wisconsin** Coloma , Wisconsin** Coloma Township, Whiteside County, Illinois** Coloma Charter Township, Michigan*Spain** Santa Coloma, Asturias...

, 1857
Confidence Guard, Placerville, 1860

Humboldt County
Humboldt County, California
Humboldt County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located on the far North Coast 200 miles north of San Francisco. According to 2010 Census Data, the county’s population was 134,623...

Trinity Rangers, Pardee's Ranch, Redwood Creek, 1858 Wintoon War/Bald Hills War
Bald Hills War
Bald Hills War was a war fought by the forces of the California Militia, California Volunteers and soldiers of the U. S. Army against the Chilula, Lassik, Hupa, Mattole, Nongatl, Sinkyone, Tsnungwe, Wailaki, Whilkut and Wiyot Native American peoples.The war was fought within the boundaries of the...
Humboldt Volunteers, Hydesville, 1860 Bald Hills War
Bald Hills War
Bald Hills War was a war fought by the forces of the California Militia, California Volunteers and soldiers of the U. S. Army against the Chilula, Lassik, Hupa, Mattole, Nongatl, Sinkyone, Tsnungwe, Wailaki, Whilkut and Wiyot Native American peoples.The war was fought within the boundaries of the...

Klamath County
Klamath County, California
Klamath County was a county of California from 1851 to 1874. During its existence, the county seat moved twice and several counties were carved from its territory...

Klamath Mounted Rangers, Crescent City
Crescent City, California
Crescent City is the county seat and only incorporated city in Del Norte County, California. Named for the crescent-shaped stretch of sandy beach south of the city, Crescent City had a total population of 7,643 in the 2010 census, up from 4,006 in the 2000 census...

, 1854-1856 Klamath War
Coast Rangers, Crescent City, 1854-1855 Klamath War
Klamath Rifles, Young's Ferry, 1855 Klamath War
Mounted Coast Rifles, Crescent City, 1855 Klamath War
Salmon Guard, Sawyers Bar, 1855-1856 Klamath War
Union Volunteers, Union
Arcata, California
-Demographics:-2010 Census data:The 2010 United States Census reported that Arcata had a population of 17,231. The population density was 1,567.4 people per square mile...

, 1855 Klamath War
Citizens of Crescent City, Crescent City, 1856
Crescent Rifles, Crescent City, 1856-1861

Los Angeles County

Los Angeles Guard, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, 1853 - 1881 Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians.
Los Angeles Rangers, Los Angeles, 1853 - 1857 Sheriff
Sheriff
A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....

's auxillaries vs organized bands of outlaws
Monte Rangers, Los Angeles, 1854 - 1859 Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians.
Ringgold Light Artillery, Los Angeles, 1855 - 1857
City Guard
City guard
City guard, city watch, town guard or town watch was a law enforcement formation found in some countries and historical periods, usually subordinate to the local municipal government...

, Los Angeles, 1855 - 1861 "suppressing lawlessness"
Lanceros de Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1857 - 1861 "for the preservation of order, the chastisement of criminals and the repression of outrages"
Union Guard, Los Angeles, 1857 - 1859
Southern Rifles, Los Angeles, 1857 - 1862

Mariposa County

Mariposa Battalion
Mariposa Battalion
Mariposa Battalion was a California State Militia unit formed in 1851 to fight the Yosemites and Chowchillas in the Mariposa War.After a force under Mariposa County Sheriff James Burney was found unequal to the task of defeating the Indians, Burney made an appeal to Governor John McDougal for help...

, Agua Fria
Agua Fria, California
Agua Fria is an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California. It is located northeast of Catheys Valley, at an elevation of 2001 feet...

, 1851 Mariposa War
Mariposa War
The Mariposa War was a conflict between Native Americans and miners in California that took place in the early 1850s.The Mariposa War was sparked by the 1849 California Gold Rush, the discovery of the gold forged a California Trail which forked off southward from the Oregon Trail...
California State Rangers
California State Rangers
The California Rangers, or the California State Rangers, was California's first state wide law enforcement agency formed in 1853 to deal with the outlaw gangs troubling the Gold Country during the early 1850s. The force was disbanded following the success in suppressing the Five Joaquins gang...

, Quartzburg
Quartzburg, Mariposa County, California
Quartzburg is a former settlement in Mariposa County, California. It was located on Burns Creek upstream from Hornitos....

, 1853 Hunt for Joaquin Murrieta
Joaquin Murrieta
Joaquin Carrillo Murrieta , also called the Mexican or Chilean Robin Hood or the Robin Hood of El Dorado, was a semi-legendary figure in California during the California Gold Rush of the 1850s...
Mariposa Guard, Mariposa
Mariposa, California
Mariposa is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Mariposa County, California, United States. The population was 2,173 at the 2010 census, up from 1,373 at the 2000 census. Its name is Spanish for "butterfly", after the flocks of Monarchs seen overwintering there by early...

, 1856
Mariposa Mounted Riflemen, Mariposa, 1858-1861? Utah War

Nevada County
Nevada County, California
Nevada County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of California, in the Mother Lode country. As of 2010 its population was 98,764. The county seat is Nevada City.-History:Nevada County was created in 1851 from parts of Yuba County....

Nevada Rifles, Nevada City, 1858-1863 Utah War, Paiute War
Paiute War
The Paiute War, also known as the Pyramid Lake War, Washoe Indian War and the Pah Ute War, was an armed conflict between Northern Paiutes allied with the Shoshone and the Bannock against the United States. It took place in 1860 in the vicinity of Pyramid Lake in the Utah Territory, now within...

Placer County

Mountain Blues, Iowa Hill, 1855 - 1856
Placer Rifles, Auburn
Auburn, California
Auburn is the county seat of Placer County, California. Its population at the 2010 census was 13,330. Auburn is known for its California Gold Rush history.Auburn is part of the Greater Sacramento area.- History :...

, 1856 - 1857

Sacramento County

Sutter Rifles, Sacramento
Sacramento
Sacramento is the capital of the state of California, in the United States of America.Sacramento may also refer to:- United States :*Sacramento County, California*Sacramento, Kentucky*Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta...

, 1852
Sacramento Guard, Sacramento, 1855 - 1856
- Independent City Guard or City Guard, Sacramento, 1856 - 1880 Paiute War
Sacramento Cadets, Sacramento, 1856-1857

San Bernardino County

San Bernardino Rough and Ready Cavalry, San Bernardino
San Bernardino
San Bernardino, California is a large city in the Inland Empire Metropolitan Area of Southern California.San Bernardino may also refer to:-Landforms:*San Bernardino , a torrent that flows through the Italian province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola...

, 1855-1857 Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians.
First Light Dragoons, San Bernardino, 1856-1857 Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians.
San Bernardino Rangers, San Bernadino, 1856-1862 Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians.

San Diego County

Fitzgerald Volunteers, San Diego, 1851 - 1852 Garra Revolt
San Diego Guard, San Diego, 1856 - 1863 Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians.

San Francisco County

First California Guard, San Francisco, 1849-1879 The first artillery company in the California State Militia. Garra Revolt
Washington Guard, San Francisco, 1849-1851? Garra Revolt
Empire Guard, San Francisco, 1849/1850?-1851? Garra Revolt
Eureka Light Horse Guard, San Francisco, 1852-1854
First Light Dragoons, San Francisco, 1852-1880
Marion Rifles, San Francisco, 1852-1861
National Lancers, San Francisco, 1852-1859
San Francisco Blues, San Francisco, 1852-1859
City Guard
City guard
City guard, city watch, town guard or town watch was a law enforcement formation found in some countries and historical periods, usually subordinate to the local municipal government...

, San Francisco, 1854-1880
Templar Guard (Shermans Guard), San Francisco, 1854
National Guard, San Francisco, 1855
Sarsfield Guard, San Francisco, 1855
Wallace Guard, San Francisco, 1855
Washington Continental Guard, San Francisco, 1855
Benham Guard, San Francisco, 1856 "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856.
Constitution Guard, San Francisco, 1856 "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856.
Jackson Guard, San Francisco, 1856 "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856.
Jefferson Guard, San Francisco, 1856 "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856.
Monroe Guard, San Francisco, 1856 "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856.
Union Guard, San Francisco, 1856 "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856.
California Fusileers, San Francisco, 1858
San Francisco Light Guard, San Francisco, 1858
Black Hussars, San Francisco, 1859-1881
Carbineers (French Guard), San Francisco, 1859-1862
Montgomery Guard, San Francisco, 1859-1880
McMahon Guard, San Francisco, 1859-1881
California Rifles (French Guard), San Francisco, 1860-1862

San Joaquin County

San Joaquin Guard, Stockton
Stockton, California
Stockton, California, the seat of San Joaquin County, is the fourth-largest city in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. With a population of 291,707 at the 2010 census, Stockton ranks as this state's 13th largest city...

, 1851 - 1852
City Guard
City guard
City guard, city watch, town guard or town watch was a law enforcement formation found in some countries and historical periods, usually subordinate to the local municipal government...

, Stockton, 1855
Stockton Blues
Stockton Blues
The Stockton Blues was a California state militia unit organized in 1857 and disbanded in 1861 due to secessionist dissension. Union men then reformed under the Stockton Union Guard, 1861–1866.-References:**...

, Stockton, 1857 - 1861
San Joaquin Mounted Rifles, Knights Ferry, 1858 - 1862 Utah War

Santa Barbara County

Santa Barbara Guard, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...

, 1854
Santa Barbara Mounted Riflemen, Santa Barbara, 1854 - 1856

Santa Clara County

National Guard, San Jose
San José
San José, or San Jose, is the Spanish for Saint Joseph. It usually refers to one of two major cities. These are:*San José, Costa Rica, the capital of Costa Rica*San Jose, California, the tenth-most populous city in the United States...

, 1857-1861

Sierra County
Sierra County, California
Sierra County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California, northeast of Sacramento on the border with Nevada. As of the 2010 census the population was 3,240, down from 3,555 at the 2000 census. The county seat is Downieville....

Sierra Guard, Downieville
Downieville, California
Downieville is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Sierra County, California, United States. Downieville sits at an elevation of...

, 1854-1859
Goodyear's Rifles, Goodyear's Bar
Goodyears Bar, California
Goodyears Bar, known as Slaughter's Bar before 1851, is a census-designated place in Sierra County, California, United States. Goodyears Bar is located along the North Yuba River and California State Route 49 west-southwest of Downieville. Goodyears Bar has a post office with ZIP code 95944...

, 1854-1860
Eureka Blues, Eureka City, 1856
Forest Rifles, Forest City, 1856-1866
National Guard, Downieville, 1857-1861
Gibsonville Blues, Gibsonville
Gibsonville, California
Gibsonville is an unincorporated community in Sierra County, California, United States. Gibsonville is west-northwest of Mount Fillmore. A post office opened in Gibsonville in 1855 and closed in 1910....

, 1858-1861 Utah War
Mobile Guard
Mobile guard
The Mobile Guard was an elite light cavalry regiment of Rashidun army during the Muslim conquest of Syria, under the command of Khalid ibn Walid...

, Shady Flat, 1858 Utah War
Sierra Greys, La Porte
La Porte, California
La Porte is a census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States. The population was 26 at the 2010 census, down from 43 at the 2000 census.-Geography:La Porte is located at ....

, 1858. Utah War
Sierra Rangers, Allegheny Town
Alleghany, California
Alleghany is a small census-designated place in Sierra County, California, United States in the Sierra Nevada mountains. It is situated in the Gold Country and continues to be a significant locale for gold mining. The famous Sixteen-to-One Mine has been in operation since the days of the...

, 1858 Utah War

Siskiyou County

Siskiyou Guard, Humbug City, 1855-1856
Scott River Guard, Scott River
Scott River
The Scott River is a river in Siskiyou County, California, United States. It is a tributary of the Klamath River, one of the largest rivers in California....

, 1856-1857 Disbanded when weapons not delivered.

Sonoma County

Petaluma Guard, Petaluma, 1856 - 1867 ]
Sotoyame Guard, Healdsburg, 1858 - 1860
Washington Horse Guard, Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...

, 1859

Tehama County

Kibbe Rangers, Red Bluff
Red Bluff, California
Red Bluff is a city in and the county seat of Tehama County, California, United States. The population was 14,076 at the 2010 census, up from 13,147 at the 2000 census....

, 1859-1860 State of California's Pitt River Expedition

Tuolumne County

Columbia Fusileers, Columbia
Columbia, California
Columbia is a former California Gold Rush boomtown located in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The central portion of the town is preserved as a California state historic park and a National Historic Landmark that preserves the original, gold-rush-town flavor of the town, once dubbed the "Gem of the...

, 1853
Sonora Greys, Sonora
Sonora, California
Sonora is the county seat of Tuolumne County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 4,903, up from 4,423 at the 2000 census. Sonora is the only incorporated community in Tuolumne County.-Geography:...

, 1854

Trinity County
Trinity County
Trinity County is the name of two counties in the United States:* Trinity County, California* Trinity County, Texas...

Trinity Guard, Weaverville
Weaverville, California
Weaverville is a census-designated place and the county seat of Trinity County, California. The population was 3,600 at the 2010 census, up from 3,554 at the 2000 census.-History:Founded in 1850, Weaverville is a historic California Gold Rush town...

, 1854-1855 Disbanded after weapons destroyed in a fire.
Kibbe Guard, Weaverville, 1858 Bald Hills War, Wintoon War

Tulare County

Tulare Mounted Riflemen, Visalia
Visalia, California
Visalia is a Central California city situated in the heart of California’s agricultural San Joaquin Valley, approximately southeast of San Francisco and north of Los Angeles...

1856 - 1868 Tule River War

Yuba County

Independent New York Guard, New York Flat, 1855
- Mountain Riflemen, New York Flat, 1855 - 1857 Opposed Indian hostilities
Yuba Guard, Yuba County, 1855-1857 Opposed lawlessness, Indian hostilities
Marysville Rifles, Marysville
Marysville, California
Marysville is the county seat of Yuba County, California, United States. The population was 12,072 at the 2010 census, down from 12,268 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Yuba City Metropolitan Statistical Area, often referred to as the Yuba-Sutter Area after the two counties, Yuba and...

, 1859-1866 Opposed Indian hostilities
Downey Guard, Timbuctoo
Timbuctoo, California
Timbuctoo is an unincorporated community in Yuba County, California. It lies northwest of Smartsville, at an elevation of 397 feet .-History:Timbuctoo was once the largest town in eastern Yuba County...

, 1860-1861 Opposed Indian hostilities

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