First Company Governor’s Horse Guard
Statutory Authority :
CGS 27-7.
1788, established as Independent Volunteer Troop of Horse Guards.
Published Histories/Articles :
Connecticut. Governor’s Horse Guards, Company First. Centennial of the First Company, Governor’s Horse Guard of Hartford. Hartford : Starr Printing Co.
[CSL Call Number ConnDoc G748hh ce]
Connecticut. Governor’s Horse Guards, Company First. History, First Company, Governor’s Horse Guard, Hartford, Connecticut, 1778-1907. Hartford: Transcript Press, 1907.
[CSL Call Number ConnDoc G748hh ja]
Connecticut. Governor’s Horse Guards. Company, First. Two Hundred Years, the First Company, Governor’s Horse Guards, 1778-1978, Souvenir Book. [Avon, Conn.]: the Guards.
[CSL Call Number ConnDoc Cage G748hh sou]
Howard, James L. The Origins and Fortunes of Troop B : 1788, Governor’s Independent Volunteer Troop of Horse Guards; 1911, Troop B Cavalry, Connecticut National Guard, 1917. Hartford : Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1921. [CSL Call Number UA118 .G62 1921]
History at First Company Governor’s Horse Guard Web page.
Agency Documents in the State Library Collections :
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :
Connecticut. Governor’s Horse Guard.
Annual Reports are located in :
1847-1945, The Biennial Report of the Adjutant General. Frequently includes brief information about the Horse Guard, and occasionally includes their annual reports. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc Ad44 r]
1945-2001, Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor, under Military Dept. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc F40 d], and 2002-, the online version
State Archives Record Group : RG 013 (Military Dept.)
| Name | Years of Service |
| Earle S. Bidwell | 1943-1944 |
| John H.K. Davis | 1945-1946 |
| Arthur J. Bushell | 1947-1954 |
| Everett H. Kandarian | 1955-1987 |
| David L. Miller | 1988-1990 |
| Richard J. Belliveau | 1991-2003 |
| James P. McGovern | 2004 |
| Andrew J. Arsenault | 2005-Present |
Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 7/2008.