California State Military
DepartmentCalifornia State Military
Department
Official Name: Mountain Volunteers, Second Brigade, Fourth
Division
Location: Forest Hill, Placer County
Mustered in:
May 13, 1861
Mustered out: December 1861
| Name | Date of Commission |
| J. Ives Fitch,`Captain | June 27, 1861 |
| William Forrest, First Lieutenant | June 27, 1861 |
The Mountain Volunteers were organized by A. B. Scott during May
of 1861. Permission was granted through Judge E.H. Vandecar, to
post notices of a meeting to be held May fourth at Forest House,
Forest Hill, for the purpose of enrollment and the election of
officers. The meeting was a success and the company was mustered
into service on May thirteenth. The company's s first drill was
'held June first even though the arms and accoutrements were not
issued until the twenty-eighthof that month.
The Mountain Volunteers were in existence for only seven months, from May until December 1861, and with the outbreak of the War of the Rebellion, Captain Fitch and Lieutenant Copely joined Company B, Fourth Infantry Regiment of California, and many of the company's members joined the Volunteer Infantry Service for active duty. The company was accredited with having furnished between fifty and sixty men for service in the United States Army and, therefore, it is assumed the Mountain Volunteers were forced to disband during December of 1861, as there membership quota no longer met the required standards.[1]
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1. Adjutant General Report,
1861, page 112.
1. Name of Unit: Mountain Volunteers . Item No.: B3414-2
2. Military Unit Designation: 2nd Brigade, 4th Division
3. Date of Organization: May 15, 1861
4. Date of Disbanding: December 1861
5. Inclusive dates of units papers: 1861
6. Geographical Location or Locations: Forest Hill, Placer Co.
7. Records Series Descriptions:
a. Organization Papers 3 docs (1861)
b. Bonds none
c. Correspondence (Unclassified letters) 4 docs (1861)
d. Election Returns none
e. Exempt Certificates, Applications for none
f. Muster Rolls, Monthly returns 1 doc (1861)
g. Oaths Qualifications 4 docs (1861)
h. Orders none
i. Receipts, invoices none
j. Requisitions none
k. Resignations 3 docs (1861)
l. Target Practice Reports none
m. Other none
8. Miscellaneous: "The
Mountain Volunteers were in existence for only seven months, from
May until December 1861, and with the outbreak of the War of the
Rebellion Captain Fitch and Lieutenant Copely joined Company B,
Fourth Infantry Regiment of California and many of the company's
members joined the Volunteer Infantry Service for active duty...
it is assumed the Mountain Volunteers were forced to disband during
December of 1861, as their membership quota no longer met the
required standards." Outline History of Calif. National Guard,
Vol. 2, #102.
Updated 5 April 2008