Rhode Island in the Civil War

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Introduction
"Rhode Island furnished 25,236 fighting men to the Union Army, of which 1,685 died."

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. This 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 Infantry Cavalry Artillery Colored Troops Unassign- ed Units

Regiments

 * 1st Regiment, Rhode Island Light Artillery Organized at Providece in Batteries A-H between June 6, 1861 and October 14, 1862 Mustered out between June 11, 1865 and July 3, 1865.


 * 1st Regiment, Rhode Island Cavalry Organized at Pawtucket as 1st New England Cavalry, afterwards designated 1st Rhode Island Cavalry, December 14, 1861 to March 3, 1862 Mustered out at Baltimore, Maryland, August 3, 1865


 * 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 Cavalry Organized at Providence November 21, 1862. Transferred to 3rd Rhode Island Cavalry January 14, 1864.


 * 2nd Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry Organized at Providence June, 1861 Mustered out July 13, 1865.


 * 3rd Regiment, Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Organized at Providence as 3rd Infantry August, 1861. Reorganized at Hilton Head, South Carolina, as Heavy Artillery December 19, 1861.


 * 3rd Regiment, Rhode Island Cavalry Organized at Providence September 12, 1863. Mustered out November 29, 1865.


 * 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.


 * 5th Regiment, Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Organized at New Berne, N. C., from 5th Rhode Island Infantry, May 27, 1863. Designation of Regiment changed to 5th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery July, 1863.


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


 * 7th Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry (3 months, 1862) Organized at Providence and mustered in for three months June 24, 1862. Mustered out September 26, 1862, expiration of term.


 * 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.


 * Tompkins' Battery, Rhode Island Light Artillery (3 months, 1861) Organized at Providence for three months' service April, 1861. Mustered out August 2, 1861.


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


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


 * 14th Regiement Heavy Artillery (African Descent) Organized at Providence August 28, 1863, to January 25 1864. Mustered out June 26, 1865.


 * 10th Battery Light Artillery Organized at Providence for three months' service. May 27-29, 1862. Mustered out August 30, 1862.

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

The Civil War Zouave Database

The Civil War Archives Regimental History Research Room

Union Army Regimental History Index 