California Military History

California Militia and National Guard Unit Histories

 

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General Histories

 

• "Polished Boot and Bran New Suit" The California Militia in Community Affairs
• Outline History of the California National Guard (1950)
• Creation of the National Guard of California
• California Militia and Expeditions Against the Indians, 1850 - 1859
• The National Guard of California (1892)
• The National Guard of California (1895)
• The Regimental Systems of the California National Guard
• National Guard of California Order of Battle, 1914
• Integration of the California National Guard
• The Sand Lot Riots of 1879 and Kearneyism: (includes the National Guard of California in San Francisco during the 1870s)
• Military Units in Southern California, 1853-1862
• California Army National Guard Regulation 870-1: Militia Designations and Insignia (1979)
• Newspaper Clippings Pertaining to the Militia and National Guard of California 1853-1879
• Independent Military Companies

 

 

Reports of the Adjutant General

 

• 1855
• 1865-1867
• 1867-1869
• 1869-1871
• 1871-1873
• 1873-1875
• 1877-1879
• 1879-1880
• 1880-1882
• 1883-1884
• 1885-1886
• 1887-1888
• 1889-1890
• 1891-1892
• 1892-1894
• 1894-1896
• 1898-1900
• 1900-1902
• 1903-1904
• 1904-1905
• 1905-1906
• 1908-1910
• 1910-1914
• 1914-1920
• 1920-1926
• 1926-1928
• 1928-1930
• 1930-1932
• 1946-1948
• 1948-1950
• 1950-1952
• 1952-1954
• 1954-1956
• 1956-1958
• 1958-1960
• 1960-1962
• 1962-1966
• 1966-1970
• 1970-1974
• 1987-1990

 

Volume 1. 1849-1881

• General Histories
• Reports of the Adjutant General
• Volunteer Companies of the California Militia (1850-1866) and the National Guard of California (1866-1881)
  • California Indian Wars
• The Civil War
  • California Volunteers 1861-1866
  • Massachusetts Volunteers
  • Pennsylvania Volunteers
  • New York Volunteers

Volume 2. 1881-1917

• California National Guard and Naval Militia, 1881-1917
  • National Guard of California
  • The Naval Battalion and the Naval Militia
  • 1894 Railroad Strike 
  • Spanish American War
  • Phillippine Insurrection
  • San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
  • McCloud River Lumber Company Strike, 1909
  • Mexican Border Crisis, 1914
  • The Mexican Border Crisis and Punitive Expedition, 1916

Volume 3. 1917-1941

• World War I
• California National Guard, 1919-1941
  • Folsom Prison Riot, 1927
  • 10th Olylmpiad, Los Angeles, 1932
  • Long Beach Earthquake, 1933
  • San Francisco Dock Strike, 1934

Volume 4. 1941-Present, State Defense Forces and Cadets

• World War II
• California National Guard 1946-Present
  • Korean War
  • Vietnam War
  • Los Angeles/Watts Riots,1965
  • Los Angeles Riots, 1992
  • Persian Gulf War
  • Kosovo
  • Global War on Terrorism, Afganistan Campaign
  • Global War on Terrorism, Iraq Campaign
• State Defense Forces
  • California Home Guard (World War I)
  • California State Guard (World War II)
  • California State Militia (World War II)
  • California Defense and Security Corps and California National Guard Reserve (Korean War)
  • California State Military Reserve
• California High School Cadets and California Cadet Corps

Volume 5. Lineage and Honors Data, California Army National Guard

• Lineage and Honors
  • Current Units
  • Disbanded, Inactive or Superceded Units
  • Units Mentioned in Lineages

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Updated 7 August 2020