Mounted Volunteers; 2nd Brigade of the California State Militia was organized in Humboldt County, California on 9 September 1861.
The company of Mounted Volunteers was mustered to protect citizens and property from hostile Indians during the Bald Hills War. In three months, the Indians were controlled and placed on the Federal Reservation on the Smith River and the company was mustered out.[1]
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- ↑ Outline History of California National Guard, 1849-1941, Volume 2, p. 344.
The original article can be found at Mounted Volunteers (Humboldt Co.) and the edit history here.