Rhode Island in the Civil War

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Introduction
Rhode Island furnished 25,236 soldiers to the Union Army. The men were organized into about 10 infantry regiments, 4 cavalry units, and 6 artillery units (including one Colored Troop).

The Wikipedia article, Rhode Island in the American Civil War, has additional information.

Rhode Island Military Units
Most units were numbered, however, some were named. See the table below for lists of the regiments, battalions, batteries, and unassigned companies.

The information in the lists of Rhode Island Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site. That web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.

Rhode Island Military Units by Number or Type of Unit Union Units 1st-20th and A-Z Infantry Cavalry Artillery Colored Troops Unassign- ed Units

Records and Resources
Indexes to service (Family History Library films 821940-46) and pension records of Union army soldiers are on film at the Family History Library. The service and pension records are available only at the National Archives.


 * A published roster of soldiers is in Rhode Island Adjutant General, Annual Report of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations For the Year 1865, 1866, Revised, Two Volumes. (Providence: E. L. Freeman, 1893-95); Family History Library ; 1866 ed. on . This includes each soldier's residence, his date of enlistment, his dates of muster-in and muster-out, and regimental sketches.


 * Civil War Pension Index Cards - A free Internet index to pension applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch Record Search. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. Other wars, of that time period, may be included.

Other Sources
Rhode Island Civil War Regiments at genealogybooklinks.com. This site has links to many books on line.

Genealogy.com GenForum

Sila's Reenacting links

MilitaryHistoryOnline

Mosocco.com

The Civil War Zouave Database

The Civil War Archives Regimental History Research Room

Union Army Regimental History Index 

Browns in the Civil War Lists people with the surname of Brown who served in the Civil War from Rhode Island. The Civil War Omnibus