California Militia and National
Guard Unit Histories
Santa Barbara Guard
Assigned to: Santa Barbara Guard, 1st Brigade
Location: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County
Mustered in: January 16, 1854 Mustered out: 1856
Inclusive dates of
units papers: 1853-1857
Commanding Officers
William W. Twist, Captain,
Commissioned: January 16, 1854
E. B. Williams, First Lieutenant, Commissioned: January 16,1854
Unit papers on file
at the California State Archives
a. Organization
Papers 1 document (1853)
b. Bonds 1 document (1853)
c. Correspondence (Unclassified letters) 14 documents (1853-1857)
d. Election Returns 2 documents (1853-1854)
e. Exempt Certificates, Applications for none
f. Muster Rolls, Monthly returns 2 documents (1853-1854)
g. Oaths Qualifications none
h. Orders none
i. Receipts, invoices 2 documents (1854)
j. Requisitions 1 document (1854)
k. Resignations 1 document (1854)
l. Target Practice Reports none
m. Other none
8. Miscellaneous:
History
The Santa Barbara Guard
was.organized on January 16, 1854, at which time considerable
lawlessness was prevalent in that region.
The Indians were also causing
considerable anxiety to the inhabitants and the situation existing
in the city was one of emergency. Upon the election of officers
of the Santa Barbara Guard, Adjutant General Kibbe immediately
forwarded arms to the unit, and the question of satisfactory bonds
was settled later: .
The officers of the new
company were William W. Twist, Captain, and E. B. Williams, First
Lieutenant. The papers and records on file fail to indicate any
specific activity on the part of the company, but there was: no
doubt, but what they saw action in the year that they were in
existence.
On September 21, 1854, Captain
Twist tendered his resignation to Governor Bigler and as there
were no other letters, or communication on file regarding this
company, it was assumed that the unit was disbanded after being
in existence for about a year.
This history was written in
1940 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in conjunction
with the office of the Adjutant General and the California State
Library
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