List of Missouri Union Civil War units

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Main article: Missouri in the American Civil War

This is a list of regiments from Missouri that fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865). The list of Missouri Confederate Civil War units is shown separately.

Long-Enlistment Infantry Regiments[]

  • 1st Missouri Volunteer Infantry - Reorganized as batteries of 1st Missouri Lt Arty
  • 2nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 3rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 3rd Missouri, US Reserve Corps Infantry (Three Years Service) - "Turner Zouaves"
  • 4th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 5th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 6th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - "Bates Guards"
  • 7th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - "The Irish Regiment", "The Irish Seventh"
  • 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - "American Zouaves"
  • 9th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - "Washington Zouaves"[1]
  • 10th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 11th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 12th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 13th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • Western Sharpshooters-14th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - (formerly) Birge's Western Sharpshooters (later 66th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Western Sharpshooters))
  • 15th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 16th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - Failed to complete organization
  • 17th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - "Western Turner Rifles"
  • 18th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 19th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - Failed to complete organization
  • 20th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - Failed to complete organization
  • 21st Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 23rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 24th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - The Lyon Legion
  • 25th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 26th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 27th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 28th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - Failed to complete organization
  • 29th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 30th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - "Shamrock Regiment" (second Missouri Irish Regiment)
  • 31st Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 32nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 33rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 34th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - Failed to complete organization
  • 37th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - Failed to complete organization
  • 38th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - Failed to complete organization
  • 40th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 41st Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 42nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 44th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
  • 47th Missouri Volunteer Infantry

Short-Enlistment Infantry Regiments[]

  • 1st Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 Months, 1861)
  • 2nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 months, 1861)
  • 3rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 months, 1861) "Lyon's Fahnenwacht" (Lyon's Color Guard)
  • 4th Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 months, 1861) "Schwarze Jäger" (Black Hunters, aka Black Rifle Hunters)
  • 5th Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 months, 1861)



  • 1st Missouri, US Reserve Corps Infantry (3 months, 1861)
  • 3rd Missouri, US Reserve Corps Infantry (3 months, 1861) "Turner-Zuaven" (Turner Zouaves)

Early War Home Guard Organizations[]

Enrolled Missouri Militia[]

Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia[]

Missouri State Militia[]

  • 1st Battalion Missouri State Militia Infantry "Albins'"

Missouri State Militia Cavalry

  • "Krekel's"
  • 9th Missouri State Militia Cavalry

Cavalry[]

  • 1st Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
  • 2nd Missouri Volunteer Cavalry - Merrill's Horse
  • 3rd Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
  • 4th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
  • 5th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
  • 6th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
  • 7th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
  • 8th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
  • 10th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
  • 12th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry

Artillery[]

1st Missouri Light Artillery Regiment

  • Battery A
  • Battery B
  • Battery C
  • Battery D
  • Battery E
  • Battery F
  • Battery G
  • Battery H
  • Battery I
  • Battery K
  • Battery L
  • Battery M

2nd Missouri Light Artillery Regiment

  • Battery B
  • Battery C
  • Battery D
  • Battery E
  • Battery F - Landgraeber's Battery of Horse Artillery
  • Battery H
  • Battery K
  • Battery L
  • Battery M

Engineers[]

Colored Infantry Regiments[]

  • 1st Missouri Regiment of Colored Infantry - 62nd Regt United States Colored Troops
  • 2nd Missouri Regiment of Colored Infantry - 65th Regt United States Colored Troops
  • 3rd Missouri Regiment of Colored Infantry - 67th Regt United States Colored Troops
  • 4th Missouri Regiment of Colored Infantry - 68th Regt United States Colored Troops
  • 18th U.S. Colored Infantry - Organized in Missouri "At Large"

References[]

  1. ^ July 20 and Aug 1, 1861 Missouri Democrat (newspaper).

See also[]

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