United States War of 1812 Infantry Units

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Introduction
The component parts of the infantry regiments were:

1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant Colonel 2 Majors 1 Adjutant 1 Quartermaster 1 Paymaster 1 Surgeon 2 Surgeon's mate 1 Sergeant major 1 Quartermaster sergeant 2 Principal musicians 10 companies 1094 Strength of a regiment

There were 46 infantry regiments in the War of 1812 for a total of about 50,324 men.

United States Infantry Regiments
A list of the companies for each regiment is on the NARA website.


 * 1st Regiment, Infantry - men from New Jersey
 * 2nd Regiment, Infantry - men from Louisiana
 * 3rd Regiment, Infantry - men from Mississippi Territory and Missouri Territory
 * 4th Regiment, Infantry - men from New Hampshire
 * 5th Regiment, Infantry - men from Pennsylvania
 * 6th Regiment, Infantry - men from Pennsylvania or New York
 * 7th Regiment, Infantry - men from Kentucky
 * 8th Regiment, Infantry - men from Georgia
 * 9th Regiment, Infantry - men from Massachusetts
 * 10th Regiment, Infantry - men from North Carolina
 * 11th Regiment, Infantry - men from Vermont
 * 12th Regiment, Infantry - men from Virginia
 * 13th Regiment, Infantry - men from New York
 * 14th Regiment, Infantry - men from Maryland
 * 15th Regiment, Infantry - men from New Jersey
 * 16th Regiment, Infantry - men from Pennsylvania
 * 17th Regiment, Infantry - men from Kentucky
 * 18th Regiment, Infantry - men from South Carolina
 * 19th Regiment, Infantry - men from Ohio
 * 20th Regiment, Infantry - men from Virginia
 * 21st Regiment, Infantry - men from Massachusetts
 * 22nd Regiment, Infantry - men from Pennsylvania
 * 23rd Regiment, Infantry - men from New York
 * 24th Regiment, Infantry - men from Tennessee
 * 25th Regiment, Infantry - men from Connecticut
 * 26th Regiment, Infantry - men from Vermont
 * 27th Regiment, Infantry - men from New York
 * 28th Regiment, Infantry - men from Kentucky
 * 29th Regiment, Infantry - men from New York
 * 30th Regiment, Infantry - men from Vermont
 * 31st Regiment, Infantry - men from Vermont
 * 32nd Regiment, Infantry - men from Delaware and Pennsylvania
 * 33rd Regiment, Infantry - men from District Maine or Massachusetts
 * 34th Regiment, Infantry - men from District Maine or Massachusetts
 * 35th Regiment, Infantry - men from Virginia
 * 36th Regiment, Infantry - men from Maryland and Virginia
 * 37th Regiment, Infantry - men from Connecticut
 * 38th Regiment, Infantry - men from Maryland
 * 39th Regiment, Infantry - men from Tennessee
 * 40th Regiment, Infantry - men from Massachusetts
 * 41st Regiment, Infantry - men from New York
 * 42nd Regiment, Infantry - men from Pennsylvania and New York
 * 43rd Regiment, Infantry - men from North Carolina
 * 44th Regiment, Infantry - men from Louisiana
 * 45th Regiment, Infantry - men from District Maine or Massachusetts
 * 46th Regiment, Infantry - men from New York

A list of the companies for each regiment is on the NARA website.

Canadian Volunteers
Officers. William A. Gordon. A Compilation of Registers of the Army of the United States, from 1815 to 1837, Inclusive. (Washington, D.C.: James C. Dunn, 1837). Page 46 has a short list of Canadian Volunteer officers who fought for the United States.

Records and Resources

 * Gordon, William A, A Compilation of Registers of the Army of the United States, from 1815 to 1837..., (Washington: James C. Dunn, 1837), Digital version: Internet Archive with Recruiting Districts, states in each Military District, list of General Staff, Lineal Rank officers, Infantry officers by regiment, and the West Point staff and cadets.