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Appendix E: Civil War Union Volunteer Regimental Books

Summer 1995, Vol. 27, No. 2  | "the Little Regiment: Civil War Units and Commands"

Compiled by Howard C. Feng, February 14, 1989

 

(Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, entries 112, 113, 114, 115)

The full finding aid for Civil War Union Volunteer Regimental Books also includes the number of volumes for each regiment. For further information on the records available for the following regiments, please contact the Old Military and Civil Branch (NWCTB), Room 13W, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408.

Branch, Name/Number

Alabama

Cavalry - lst

Arkansas

Artillery - lst Light
Cavalry - 1st-4th
Infantry - 1st-2d

California

Cavalry - 1st
Cavalry - 2d Native Cavalry
Infantry - 1st-8th
Infantry - Mountaineers

Colorado

Artillery - McClain's 1st Light
Cavalry - 1st-2d
Infantry - 2d-3d

Connecticut

Artillery - 1st-2d Heavy
Artillery - 1st-3d Battery Light Artillery
Cavalry - 1st
Infantry - 5th-l8th
Infantry - 20th-21st
Infantry - 24th

Delaware

Artillery - Ahl's Independent Company, Heavy Artillery
Artillery - Nields's Battery, Light Artillery
Cavalry - 1st
Infantry - 1st-4th
Infantry - 6th
Infantry - 8th-9th

District of Columbia

Cavalry - 1st
Infantry - 1st-2d
Infantry - 3d Battalion, Militia

Florida

Cavalry - 1st East
Cavalry - 1st-2d

Illinois

Artillery - 1st-2d Light
Artillery - Elgin Battery
Artillery - (Renwick)
Artillery - Henshaw Battery
Artillery - Cooley's (Chicago Mercantile) Battery
Artillery - Vaughn's Battery
Artillery - Cogswell's Battery
Artillery - Monthly Reports
Artillery - (Independent Batteries)
Cavalry - 2d-17th
Infantry - 7th-12th
Infantry - 14th-16th
Infantry - 20th-34th
Infantry - 36th-40th
Infantry - 42d-66th
Infantry - 72d-96th
Infantry - 98th-120th
Infantry - 122d-127th
Infantry - 129th-136th
Infantry - 139th-141st
Infantry - 144th
Infantry - 146th-156th

Indiana

Artillery - 1st Heavy
Artillery - 1st Battery, Light Artillery
Artillery - 3d Battery, Light Artillery
Arfillery - 7th-8th Battery, Light Artillery
Arfillery - 10th Battery, Light Artillery
Artillery - 12th-15th Battery, Light Artillery
Artillery - 18th-24th Battery, Light Artillery
Artillery - Wilder's Artillery
Cavalry - 1st-13th
Infantry - 8th-9th
Infantry - 11th-13th
Infantry - 15th-17th
Infantry - 19th-20th
Infantry - 22d-27th
Infantry - 29th-38th
Infantry - 40th
Infantry - 42d-44th
Infantry - 46th-49th
Infantry - 50th and 52d
Infantry - 50th-53d
Infantry - 57th-59th
Infantry - 63d
Infantry - 65th-67th
Infantry - 24th and 67th
Infantry - 68th-70th
Infantry - 72d-75th
Infantry - 79th-89th
Infantry - 91st
Infantry - 93d
Infantry - 97th
Infantry - 99th-101st
Infantry - 117th
Infantry - 120th
Infantry - 123d
Infantry - 128th-130th
Infantry - 132d
Infantry - 137th-138th
Infantry - 140th-156th
Infantry - Garrison Guards Camp Carrington

Iowa

Artillery - Light Artillery
Cavalry - 1st-9th
Infantry - 2d-4th
Infantry - 6th-34th
Infantry - 34th and 38th
Infantry - 35th-40th
Infantry - 45th

Kansas

Artillery - Light Artillery
Artillery - Blair's Battery
Cavalry - 2d
Cavalry - 5th-7th
Cavalry - 9th
Cavalry - 1lth
Cavalry - 14th-16th
Cavalry - 18th
Infantry - 1st
Infantry - 8th
Infantry - 10th
Infantry - 12th-13th
Infantry - 1st-3d Indian Home Guard

Kentucky

Artillery - Light Artillery
Cavalry - 1st-7th
Cavalry - 1lth-12th
Cavalry - 12th and 16th
Cavalry - 16th-17th
Infantry - 3d
Infantry - 4th Mounted
Infantry - 7th
Infantry - 9th-10th
Infantry - 12th
Infantry - 14th-16th
Infantry - 18th
Infantry - 20th-24th
Infantry - 26th-28th
Infantry - 30th
Infantry - 33d-35th
Infantry - 39th-40th
Infantry - 45th
Infantry - 47th-49th
Infantry - 53d-55th

Louisiana

Cavalry - 1st
Infantry - 1st New Orleans
Infantry - 2d
Infantry - 6th

Maine

Artillery - 1st Heavy Artillery
Artillery - 1st Light Artillery
Cavalry - 1st-2d
Infantry - 1st
Infantry - 1st Veterans
Infantry - 1st Battalion
Infantry - 2d-4th
Infantry - 6th
Infantry - 7th and 30th
Infantry - 7th Company, Unassigned
Infantry - 7th-8th
Infantry - 9th Company, Unassigned
Infantry - 9th
Infantry - 1lth-12th
Infantry - 14th-17th
Infantry - 19th-20th
Infantry - 29th
Infantry - 30th Company, Unassigned
Infantry - 30th-31st
Infantry - Coast Guard Infantry

Maryland

Artillery - Baltimore Battery, Light Artillery
Artillery - 1st Light Artillery
Artillery - Light Artillery
Cavalry - 1st Potomac Home Brigade
Cavalry - 1st
Cavalry - 3d
Cavalry - Smith's Independent Company
Infantry - 2d Potomac Home Brigade
Infantry - 1st
Infantry - 1st Eastern Shore
Infantry - 2d-3d
Infantry - 3d Potomac Home Brigade
Infantry - 4th-8th
Infantry - 10th-13th
Infantry - Purnell Legion
Infantry - Patapsco Guards

Massachusetts

Artillery - 1st Heavy Artillery
Artillery - 1st Battalion, Heavy Artillery
Artillery - 2d-4th Heavy Artillery
Artillery - Unassigned Heavy Artillery
Artillery - 1st-2d Battery, Light Artillery
Artillery - 4th-7th Battery, Light Artillery
Artillery - 9th-10th Battery, Light Artillery
Artillery - 12th-14th Battery, Light Artillery
Cavalry - 1st-4th
Infantry - 1st Sharpshooters
Infantry - lst-2d
Infantry - 5th Unattached Company
Infantry - 5th
Infantry - 7th
Infantry - 9th
Infantry - 1lth-12th
Infantry - 15th
Infantry - 17th
Infantry - 17th Unattached Company
Infantry - 18th-19th
Infantry - 19th Unattached Company
Infantry - 20th
Infantry - 20th Unattached Company
Infantry - 21st Unattached Company
Infantry - 22d-40th
Infantry - 42d
Infantry - 55th-59th
Infantry - 61st
Infantry - Unassigned Volunteer Infantry (25th Company)

Michigan

Artillery - 1st Heavy Artillery
Artillery - 6th Heavy Artillery
Artillery - 1st Light Artillery
Artillery - 13th and 14th Independent Batteries, Light Artillery
Cavalry - 1st Veteran
Cavalry - 1st-1lth
Infantry - 1st Sharpshooters
Infantry - Hall's Independent Sharpshooters
Infantry - 1st-5th
Infantry - 7th-26th
Infantry - 27th Sharpshooters
Infantry - 27th Unattached Company
Infantry - 27th-30th
Infantry - Provost Guard Infantry
Engineers - 1st Engineers and Mechanics

Minnesota

Artillery - 1st Heavy Artillery
Artillery - Independent Batteries 1, 2, 3, Light Artillery
Cavalry - 2d
Cavalry - 1st Mounted Rangers
Cavalry - Brackett's Battalion
Cavalry - Hatch's Battalion
Infantry - 1st-1lth

Mississippi

Mississippi Marine Brigade
Infantry - 1st Mounted Rifles

Missouri

Artillery - 1st Light Artillery
Artillery - 2d Light Artillery
Cavalry - 1st
Cavalry - 1st State Militia
Cavalry - 2d State Militia
Cavalry - 2d
Cavalry - 3d State Militia
Cavalry - 3d
Cavalry - 4th State Militia
Cavalry - 4th
Cavalry - 5th State Militia
Cavalry - 6th State Militia
Cavalry - 6th-7th
Cavalry - 7th State Militia
Cavalry - 8th
Cavalry - 8th State Militia
Cavalry - 9th State Militia
Cavalry - 10th-16th
Cavalry - Stewart's Battalion
Infantry - 1st State Militia
Infantry - 2d
Infantry - 4th (3d USRC)
Infantry - 5th-7th
Infantry - 10th-12th
Infantry - 15th
Infantry - 18th
Infantry - 21st
Infantry - 23d
Infantry - 25th-27th
Infantry - 29th-32d
Infantry - 32d and 36th
Infantry - 33d
Infantry - 35th
Infantry - 39th-51st
Engineers - Engineer Regiment of the West
Engineers - 1st Engineers
Engineers - Engineers of the West and 1st

Nebraska

Cavalry - 1st-2d
Cavalry - Omaha Scouts
Cavalry - Pawnee Scouts

Nevada

Cavalry - 1st Battalion
Infantry - 1st Battalion

New Hampshire

Artillery - 1st Heavy Artillery
Cavalry - lst
Infantry - 2d-7th
Infantry - 8th Veteran Battalion
Infantry - 9th-14th
Infantry - 18th

New Jersey

Artillery - Battery A, Light Artillery
Artillery - Battery B, Light Artillery
Artillery - Battery C, Light Artillery
Artillery - Battery D, Light Artillery
Artillery - Battery E, Light Artillery
Cavalry - 1st-3d
Infantry - 1st Battalion, Veteran
Infantry - 1st
Infantry - 2d Veteran
Infantry - 3d Battalion, Veteran
Infantry - 3d-15th
Infantry - 23d-26th
Infantry - 33d-35th
Infantry - 37th-40th

New Mexico

 

1st Battalion - New Mexico Volunteers
Cavalry - 1st
Infantry - 1st

New York

Artillery - 2d Heavy Artillery
Artillery - 4th-10th Heavy Artillery
Artillery - 13th-16th Heavy Artillery
Artillery - 1st Light Artillery
Artillery - 3d Light Artillery
Artillery - 1st Independent Battery
Artillery - 3d-8th Independent Battery
Artillery - 10th-13th Independent Battery
Artillery - 17th-19th Independent Battery
Artillery - 21st Independent Battery
Artillery - 23d Independent Battery
Artillery - 25th Independent Battery
Artillery - 27th-28th Independent Battery
Artillery - 30th-34th Independent Battery
Cavalry - 1st
Cavalry - 1st Provisional
Cavalry - 1st Veteran
Cavalry - 2d
Cavalry - 2d Provisional
Cavalry - 2d Veteran
Cavalry - 3d
Cavalry - 3d Provisional
Cavalry - 4th-13th
Cavalry - 15th
Cavalry - 2d Prov. and 15th
Cavalry - 16th
Cavalry - 18th-22d
Cavalry - 24th-26th
Cavalry - Oneida Independent Company
Cavalry - 1st-2d Mounted Rifles
Infantry - 1st Battalion, Sharpshooters
Infantry - 2d-3d
Infantry - 5th
Infantry - 7th-8th
Infantry - 10th
Infantry - 12th-13th
Infantry - 17th
Infantry - 21st
Infantry - 25th-27th
Infantry - 29th
Infantry - 31st
Infantry - 34th-35th
Infantry - 38th-41st
Infantry - 43d
Infantry - 45th-49th
Infantry - 51st-54th
Infantry - 56th-58th
Infantry - 58th and 45th
Infantry - 58th National Guard
Infantry - 59th-69th
Infantry - 71st-74th
Infantry - 74th and 40th
Infantry - 75th-82d
Infantry - 86th-94th
Infantry - 94th and 105th
Infantry - 95th-100th
Infantry - 102d
Infantry - 102d and 78th
Infantry - 103d-112th
Infantry - 114th-128th
Infantry - 131st-134th
Infantry - 136th-137th
Infantry - 139th-147th
Infantry - 149th-161st
Infantry - 162d and 174th
Infantry - 162d-165th
Infantry - 169th-170th
Infantry - 173d
Infantry - 175th-176th
Infantry - 178th-179th
Infantry - 182d
Infantry - 174th and 194th
Infantry - 184th-189th
Infantry - 192d-193d
Infantry - Enfans Perdu Independent Battalion
Engineers - 1st
Engineers - 15th
Engineers - 50th

North Carolina

Infantry - 1st-2d
Infantry - 2d-3d Mounted

Ohio

Artillery - 1st-2d Heavy
Artillery - 1st Light
Artillery - Independent Light Artillery Batteries
Cavalry - 1st-13th
Cavalry - 3d Company, Independent Cavalry
Cavalry - McLaughlin's Squadron
Cavalry - Union Light Guard
Infantry - 2d
Infantry - 4th-7th
Infantry - 1lth-17th
Infantry - 18th Veteran
Infantry - 19th-27th
Infantry - 29th-33d
Infantry - 36th-41st
Infantry - 43d
Infantry - 45th-47th
Infantry - 48th Battalion
Infantry - 49th-86th
Infantry - 88th-108th
Infantry - 110th-1l1th
Infantry - 113th
Infantry - 114th and 120th
Infantry - 115th-116th
Infantry - 118th
Infantry - 120th-126th
Infantry - 128th-132d
Infantry - 135th-136th
Infantry - 138th-141st
Infantry - 143d
Infantry - 145th-149th
Infantry - 151st-156th
Infantry - 159th-165th
Infantry - 167th-168th
Infantry - 170th
Infantry - 172d National Guard
Infantry - 173d-189th
Infantry - 191st-198th
Infantry - 5th-8th Company Independent Sharpshooters
Infantry - Trumbull Guards

Oregon

Cavalry - lst
Infantry - 1st

Pennsylvania

Artillery - 2d Heavy
Artillery - 2d Provisional Heavy
Artillery - 3d Heavy
Artillery - 5th Heavy
Artillery - Independent Batteries, Heavy Artillery
Artillery - Independent Batteries, Light Artillery
Artillery - 1st Light
Cavalry - 1st
Cavalry - 1st Provisional
Cavalry - 2d
Cavalry - 2d Provisional
Cavalry - 2d Provisional and 6th
Cavalry - 3d
Cavalry - 3d Provisional
Cavalry - 4th
Cavalry - 4th, 9th, and 16th
Cavalry - 5th
Cavalry - 7th-9th
Cavalry - 1lth-22d
Cavalry - Weaver's Independent
Cavalry - Greenfield's Company, Washington Cavalry
Infantry - 1st Battalion
Infantry - 1st Reserve
Infantry - 3d Reserve
Infantry - 5th-8th Reserve
Infantry - 10th-12th Reserve
Infantry - 23d
Infantry - 26th-29th
Infantry - 40th
Infantry - 45th-46th
Infantry - 48th-58th
Infantry - 61st-63d
Infantry - 66th-69th
Infantry - 71st-73d
Infantry - 75th-79th
Infantry - 81st-85th
Infantry - 87th-88th
Infantry - 91st
Infantry - 93d
Infantry - 95th-98th
Infantry - 100th-107th
Infantry - 109th-1l1th
Infantry - 114th-115th
Infantry - 115th and 24th
Infantry - 115th and 110th
Infantry - 116th
Infantry - 118th-119th
Infantry - 121st
Infantry - 124th
Infantry - 130th
Infantry - 132d
Infantry - 134th-135th
Infantry - 138th-143d
Infantry - 145th
Infantry - 147th
Infantry - 147th and 28th
Infantry - 148th-151st
Infantry - 155th
Infantry - 166th
Infantry - 171st
Infantry - 175th-176th
Infantry - 183d-184th
Infantry - 186th-188th
Infantry - 190th-192d
Infantry - 195th
Infantry - 198th-203d
Infantry - 205th-211th
Infantry - 213th-215th
Infantry - Hubbell's Independent Company
Infantry - Infantry Acting Engineers
Infantry - Warren Rifles

Rhode Island

Artillery - 3d Heavy
Artillery - 5th Heavy
Artillery - 1st Light
Cavalry - 1st
Cavalry - 3d
Infantry - 2d
Infantry - 4th
Infantry - 7th
Infantry - Hospital Guards

Tennessee

Artillery - 1st Battalion, Light Artillery
Cavalry - 2d-9th
Cavalry - 1lth-13th
Infantry - 1st
Infantry - 1st Mounted
Infantry - 2d Infantry, Detachment
Infantry - 4th
Infantry - 4th Mounted
Infantry - 5th
Infantry - 5th Mounted
Infantry - 6th
Infantry - 6th Mounted
Infantry - 7th
Infantry - 7th Mounted
Infantry - 8th
Infantry - 8th Mounted
Infantry - 10th

 

Texas

Cavalry - 2d

USCT

Artillery - 1st Heavy
Artillery - 3d-6th Heavy
Artillery - 8th-14th Heavy
Artillery - Independent Battery, Light Artillery
Artillery - 2d Light
Cavalry - 1st-5th
Cavalry - 5th Massachusetts
Cavalry - 6th
Infantry - 1st-28th
Infantry - 29th Connecticut
Infantry - 29th-54th
Infantry - 54th-55th Massachusetts
Infantry - 55th-75th
Infantry - 79th
Infantry - 81st-84th
Infantry - 86th-89th
Infantry - 91st-93d
Infantry - 99th-104th
Infantry - 106th-113th
Infantry - 113th and 11th
Infantry - 114th-125th
Infantry - 127th-128th
Infantry - 135th-138th
Infantry - Virginia Colored Guard
Engineers - Pioneer Company, 1st Division, 16th Corps
USCT Recruitment Registers

US Sharpshooters 1st-2d

US Volunteers

Infantry - 1st-6th
Infantry - Independent Company
Infantry - Pontoneers

US Veteran Volunteers

Infantry - 1st-9th
Engineers - 1st

Veteran Reserve Corps

Infantry - 1st
Infantry - 1st Battalion
Infantry - 2d Battalion (1st-174th Companies)
lnfantrv - 3d-24th
Infantry - Detachments, Carver Hospital, Washington, DC
Infantry - Detachments, Fort Leavenworth, KS
Infantry - Detachments, Carver Hospital and Fort Leavenworth
Infantry - Detachments, Various States
Infantry - Detachments, Camp Morton, IN
Infantry - Independent Companies
Infantry - Detachments, Headquarters Nashville, TN

Vermont

Artillery - 1st Heavy
Artillery - 1st Company, Heavy Artillery
Artilley - 1st-3d Battalion, Light Artillery
Cavalry - 1st
Infantry - 2d-4th
Infantry - 4th and 2d U.S. Sharpshooters
Infantry - 5th-10th
Infantry - 12th-17th

Virginia

Cavalry - Rangers, Loudoun County
Infantry - 1st Loyal Eastern Volunteers

Washington Territory

Infantry - 1st

West Virginia

Artillery 1st Light
Cavalry - 1st-3d
Cavalry - 6th-7th
Infantry - 1st
Infantry - lst-2d Veteran
Infantry - 4th-7th
Infantry - 9th-15th
Infantry - 17th
Infantry - Independent Exempts

Wisconsin

Artillery - 1st Heavy
Artillery - 1st-9th Independent Battery, Light Artillery
Artillery - 12th-13th Independent Battery, Light Artillery
Cavalry - 1st-4th
Infantry - 2d-3d
Infantry - 5th-9th
Infantry - 11th-14th
Infantry - 16th-51st
Infantry - 51st and 53d
Infantry - 52d

Department of the Cumberland (D.C.), Pioneer Brigade, Army of the Cumberland

Pioneer Brigade - Army of Cumberland Brigade Clothing Book
Pioneer Brigade - 2d Brigade, 10th Corps, and 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 15th Corps
Pioneer Brigade - 1st Cavalry Squadron
Pioneer Brigade - 1st-3d Battalion, Infantry
Pioneer Brigade - 1st-3d Battalion, Pioneer Brigade
Brigade Bands - 3d Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Army Corps, and District of Oregon

Appendices:

The Little Regiment, Part 1

The Little Regiment, Part 2

Articles published in Prologue do not necessarily represent the views of NARA or of any other agency of the United States Government.
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