Units raised in Massachusetts during the American Civil War consisted of 62 regiments of infantry, six regiments of cavalry, 16 batteries of light artillery, four regiments of heavy artillery, two companies of sharpshooters, a handful of unattached battalions and 26 unattached companies. The following is a List of Massachusetts Civil War Units.
Infantry
Sharpshooters
- 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters
- 2nd Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters
Cavalry
- 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry
- 2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry
- 2nd Battalion Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry
- 3rd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry
- 4th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry
- 5th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry - African-American
- Devins' Battalion Mounted Infantry
- Independent Battalion of Cavalry
Artillery
Light Artillery
- 1st Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery
- 2nd Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery
- 3rd Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery
- 4th Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery
- 5th Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery
- 6th Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery
- 7th Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery
- 8th Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery
- 9th Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery
- 10th Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery
- 11th Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery
- 12th Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery
- 13th Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery
- 14th Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery
- 15th Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery
- 16th Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery
Heavy Artillery
- 1st Battalion Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery
- 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery
- 2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery
- 3rd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery
- 4th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery
- 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Unattached Companies (see: 1st Battalion Massachusetts Heavy Artillery)
- 3rd, 6th to 16th Unattached Companies (see: 3rd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery)
- 17th to 28th Unattached Companies (see:4th Massachusetts Heavy Artillery)
- 29th Company, Unattached Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery
- 30th Company, Unattached Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery
See also
- Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State
Notes
References
- Bowen, James L (1889). Massachusetts in the War 1861–1865. Springfield, MA: Clark W Bryer & Co. OCLC 1986476.
External links
- Massachusetts Guard Bibliography a reference bibliography compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History
