Battle of Caving Banks

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

^ 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

Massachusetts Guard Bibliography a reference bibliography compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Massachusetts_Civil_War_units