Rhode Island Civil War Union Infantry Units

The following information comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site. The web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.


 * 1st Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry (3 months, 1861) Organized in Rhode Island, April, 1861 Left Washington for home July 25, 1861. Mustered out August 2, 1861.


 * 2nd_Regiment,_Rhode_Island_Infantry


 * 3rd Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 4th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry Organized at Providence, 1861. Old members mustered out October 15, 1864. Veterans and Recruits consolidated with 7th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry.


 * 7th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry Organized at Providence May to September, 1862. Mustered out June 9, 1865.


 * 9th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry Organized at Providence May 26, 1862. Mustered out September 2, 1862.


 * 10th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry Organized at Providence May 26, 1862. Mustered out September 1, 1862


 * 11th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry Organized at Providence and mustered in October 1, 1862. Mustered out July 13, 1863.


 * 12th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry Organized at Providence and mustered in for nine months October 18, 1862. Last Place: Providence. Mustered out July 29, 1863.


 * Hospital Guards, Rhode Island Infantry Organized at Portsmouth Grove December 6, 1862. Mustered out August 26, 1865.


 * Unassigned Rhode Island Infantry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

Internet Sites

The Civil War Archives - Union Regimental Histories, Rhode Island Infantry