Oroville Guards

1st Brigade California Organized 6th Division Militia
July 8,1861


Captain A. H. Connelly
2^nd Lieutenant D. C. Burlingame	1^st Lieutenant H. B. Hunt
Surgeon William Wilson M. D	BV’T 2^nd Lieutentant C. C. Moore
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Non Commissioned Officers

Ord. Sgt J. H. Simmons	Qr. M. Sgt. J. J. Collins
2^nd Sgt. W. O. Middleton	3^rd Sgt. J. J. Smith
4^th Sgt .J. Bougher	2^nd Corp J. Foster
1^st Corp. S.S. Sample	3^rd Corp. T. H. Harris
4^th Corp. J. J. Buckius

Privates

E. B. Hendee	Jno. Cassaday
E. Henrie	E. Henrie
J. E. M. Conagle	D. M. Bishop
W. W. Hobert	S. Rosenbaum
Harmen Bay	Wm. Forney
W. O. Middleton	J. Markel
B. Bracket	H. Stevenson
J. M. Chubbuck	Joseph Bloch
J. E. N. Lewis	P. Schriber
J. B. M. Smith	J. U. Parks
Thos. Wells	G. C. Perkins
N. A. Beeves	Jno. J. Smith
C. W. Taylor	Ira Proctor
Cco. H. Hopps	M. H. Darrach
J. Cantrel	S. Hedges
J. P. Norton	M. Reymar
W. B. Lathrop	W.W. Monroe
W. B Spencer	J. M. Eveleth
T. H. Harris	Thos. Gallow
J. B. Barker	A. K. Hall
J. W. Dunbar	B. F. Jones
Geo. W. Dyer	A. G. Simpson
Sr. P. Freer	T. W. Lautard
N. Goldstein	F. Moulter
J. A. Wardwell	T. J. Jenkins
H. P. Downer	H. B. Lathrop, Jr.

This group of men served during the Civil War in the Arizona Territory. Their assignment was to establish a military presence in the Arizona Territory to discourage Texas invaders from taking the western territories. Nothing else is known of these men.

Interesting notes:

Is Downer Street in Oroville, perhaps related to Private. H. P. Downer?
Could it be that the Bloch Funeral Home in Gridley was established by someone in Private Joseph Bloch's family?
Is Private Jno. Cassaday related to the family of the same name in Gridley?

This list is courtesy of the Pioneer Museum on Montgomery St. in Oroville.