List of Massachusetts Civil War units

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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.[1] The following is a List of Massachusetts Civil War Units.

Infantry[]

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[]

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[]

  1. ^ Bowen 1889, p. iii

References[]

  • Bowen, James L (1889). Massachusetts in the War 1861–1865. Springfield, MA: Clark W Bryer & Co. OCLC 1986476.

External links[]

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