Amador County • Amador Rangers,
Jackson, 1858
Utah War • Volcano Guard,
Volcano, 1858 Utah War
Butte County • Oroville Guard,
Oroville, December 22, 1856 - July 5, 1857
Calaveras County • First Calaveras Guard,
Mokelumne Hill, 1852 - 1853 • Jesus Maria Guard,
Jesus Maria, 1854-1857
El Dorado County • 1st Company,
Mud Springs 1850
El Dorado Expedition • 2nd Company,
Placerville 1850, El Dorado Expedition • 3rd Company, Placerville 1850 • Coloma Greys,
Coloma, 1857 • Confidence Guard, Placerville, 1860
Humboldt County •
Union Volunteers,
Union, 1855
Klamath War • Trinity Rangers, Pardee's Ranch, Redwood Creek, 1858
Wintoon War/Bald Hills War •
Humboldt Volunteers,
Hydesville, 1860
Bald Hills War Klamath County • Klamath Mounted Rangers,
Crescent City, 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 • Citizens of Crescent City, Crescent City, 1856
Del Norte County (from 1857) • Crescent Rifles, Crescent City, 1856-1861
Los Angeles County • Los Angeles Guard,
Los Angeles, 1853 - 1881 Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians. •
Los Angeles Rangers, Los Angeles, 1853 - 1857
Sheriff's auxiliaries 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, 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,
Agua Fria, 1851
Mariposa War •
California State Rangers,
Quartzburg, 1853 Hunt for
Joaquin Murrieta • Mariposa Guard,
Mariposa, 1856 • Mariposa Mounted Riflemen, Mariposa, 1858-1861? Utah War
Nevada County • Nevada Rifles,
Nevada City, 1858-1863 Utah War,
Paiute War Placer County • Mountain Blues,
Iowa Hill, 1855 - 1856 • Placer Rifles,
Auburn, 1856 - 1857
Plumas County •
Plumas Rangers,
Quincy, 1855
Sacramento County • Sutter Rifles,
Sacramento, 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, 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 Bernardino, 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, 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, 1851 - 1852 • City Guard, Stockton, 1855 •
Stockton Blues, Stockton, 1857 - 1861 • San Joaquin Mounted Rifles,
Knights Ferry, 1858 - 1862 Utah War
San Luis Obispo County • San Luis Obispo Guard,
San Luis Obispo, 1858
Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara Guard,
Santa Barbara, 1854 • Santa Barbara Mounted Riflemen, Santa Barbara, 1854 - 1856
Santa Clara County • National Guard,
San José, 1857-1861
Santa Cruz County • Crusade Rangers,
Watsonville, 1858 Utah War
Sierra County • Sierra Guard,
Downieville, 1854-1859 • Goodyear's Rifles,
Goodyear's Bar, 1854-1860 • Eureka Blues, Eureka City, 1856 • Forest Rifles,
Forest City, 1856-1866 • National Guard, Downieville, 1857-1861 • Gibsonville Blues,
Gibsonville, 1858-1861 Utah War • Mobile Guard, Shady Flat, 1858 Utah War • Sierra Greys,
La Porte, 1858. Utah War • Sierra Rangers,
Allegheny Town, 1858 Utah War
Siskiyou County • Siskiyou Guard, Humbug City, 1855-1856 • Scott River Guard,
Scott River, 1856-1857 Disbanded when weapons not delivered.
Sonoma County • Petaluma Guard,
Petaluma, 1856 - 1867 • Sotoyame Guard,
Healdsburg, 1858 - 1860 • Washington Horse Guard,
Santa Rosa, 1859
Stanislaus County • Stanislaus Guard,
Knight's Ferry, 1860 - 1862
Tehama County • Kibbe Rangers,
Red Bluff, 1859-1860
State of California's Pitt River Expedition Tuolumne County • Columbia Fusileers,
Columbia, 1853 • Sonora Greys,
Sonora, 1854
Trinity County • Trinity Guard,
Weaverville, 1854-1855 Disbanded after weapons destroyed in a fire. • Kibbe Guard, Weaverville, 1858 Bald Hills War, Wintoon War
Tulare County • Tulare Mounted Riflemen,
Visalia 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, 1859-1866 Opposed Indian hostilities • Downey Guard,
Timbuctoo, 1860-1861 Opposed Indian hostilities ==References==