Missouri Civil War Union Units 1st through 4th

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The information in this list of Missouri Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site (CWSS). This web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.

-1st Units

 * 1st Battalion, Fremont Rangers, Missouri Home Guard (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Battalion, Cass County, Missouri Home Guard (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Battalion, US Reserve Corps, Missouri Cavalry (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Battalion, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Union) Organized at St. Charles, Missouri, March 26, 1862. Broken up November 11, 1862.


 * 1st Division, US Reserve Corps, Missouri Home Guard (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Flying Battery, Missouri Light Artillery (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Northeast Regiment, Missouri Home Guard (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Northeast Cavalry Regiment, Missouri Home Guard (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, Enrolled Militia, Missouri National Guard Infantry (Union) Called into service September 25, 1864, to repel Price's invasion of Missouri. Relieved from active service October 31, 1864. Action at Middle or Mill Creek Bridge July 24, 1864.


 * 1st Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union) Organized at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, September 6, 1861. Regiment consolidated to 7 companies September 10, 1864. Served in various locations. With 7th Army Corps, to September, 1865.


 * 1st Regiment, Missouri Engineers (Union) Organized February 17, 1864, by consolidation of Bissell's Engineer Regiment of the West and 25th Regiment Missouri Infantry. Attached to Defences of Nashville and Northwestern Railroad, Department of the Cumberland, to August, 1864. Engineers Sherman's Army to July, 1865.


 * 1st Regiment, Missouri Infantry (3 months 1861) (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, for three months April 22, 1861. Designation of Regiment changed to 1st Missouri Light Artillery September 1, 1861.


 * 1st Regiment, Missouri Light Artillery (Union) Batteries formed at various times between September 1, 1861 and June 1862. Served until various dates up to August 1865.


 * 1st Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, Missouri State Militia Infantry (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, May 13, 1862, by consolidation of various companies State Militia Infantry raised at St. Louis, Missouri. Served as prison guard and Provost guard at St. Louis until September 28, 1862.


 * 1st Regiment, Pioneers, Engineers and Mechanics, Missouri Home Guard (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, US Reserve Corps, Missouri Infantry (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, September 3, 1861. Mustered out October 6, 1862.


 * 1st Regiment, US Reserve Corps, Missouri Infantry (3 months, 1861) (Union) Organized for three months at St. Louis, Mo., May 7, 1861. Mustered out August 20, 1861.


 * 1st Rifle Battalion, Missouri Infantry (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

-2nd Units

 * 2nd Battalion, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Union) Organized at Harrisville and Kansas City, Missouri, March 17 to May 5, 1862.


 * 2nd Northeast Regiment, Missouri Home Guard (Union) Organized in Northern Missouri July, 1861. Consolidated with 1st Northeast Infantry and designated 21st Missouri Infantry December 31, 1861.


 * 2nd Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Merrill's Horse) (Union) Organized at Benton Barracks, Missouri, by Captain Lewis Merrill, U. S. A., September 3 to December 11, 1861. (Co. "L" organized at St. Louis, Missouri, January 1, 1863, and Co. "M" at Warrenton June 30, 1863.)


 * 2nd Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, September 10, 1861.


 * 2nd Regiment, Missouri Infantry (3 months, 1861) (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, April 22, 1861. Mustered out August 31, 1861.


 * 2nd Regiment, Missouri Light Artillery (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, as 1st Regiment, Missouri Artillery, U. S. Reserve Corps, September 16 to November 6, 1861. Designation changed to 2nd Missouri Artillery November 20, 1861. Consolidated to a Battalion of 5 Companies September 29, 1863.


 * 2nd Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Union) Organized in Missouri at large December, 1861, to April, 1862, and by consolidation of original 2nd and 11th Regiments, State Militia Cavalry.


 * 2nd Regiment, US Reserve Corps, Missouri Infantry (Union) Reorganized at St. Louis August 23 to September 20, 1861. Mustered out September 3 1862.


 * 2nd Regiment, US Reserve Corps, Missouri Infantry (3 months, 1861) (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, May 7, 1861. Mustered out August 16, 1861.

-3rd Units

 * 3rd Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union) Organized at Palmyra, Missouri, and St. Louis, Missouri, October 15, 1861, to March 6, 1862. At various locations. With Separate Cavalry Brigade, 7th Army Corps, to June, 1865.


 * 3rd Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, September 3, 1861, to January 18, 1862. At various locations, then with 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, to November, 1864.


 * 3rd Regiment, Missouri Infantry (3 months, 1861) (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, April 22, 1861. Mustered out September 4, 1861.


 * 3rd Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (1st Organization) (Union) Organized at Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri, May 5, 1862. Regiment disbanded February 4. 1863.


 * 3rd Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (2nd Organization) (Union) Reorganized from 10th Regiment State Militia Cavalry February 2, 1863. At various locations. With District of St. Louis, Missouri, Department of Missouri, to July, 1865.


 * 3rd Regiment, US Reserve Corps, Missouri Infantry (Union) Organized at St. Louis. Missouri, August and September, 1861. Consolidated with Gasconade Battalion to form 4th Missouri Infantry January 18, 1862.


 * 3rd Regiment, US Reserve Corps, Missouri Infantry (3 months 1861) (Union) Organized at Turner Hall, St. Louis, Missouri, May 8, 1861. Mustered out August 18, 1861.

-4th Units

 * 4th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union) Organized February, 1862, by consolidation of Fremont Hussars and three Companies Hollan Horse. Served in various locations, then at Department of Texas to November, 1865.


 * 4th Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, by consolidation of Gasconade Battalion and 3rd Regiment United States Reserve Corps January, 1862. Mustered out February 1, 1863.


 * 4th Regiment, Missouri Infantry (3 months, 1861) (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, April 22, 1861. Mustered out July 30, 1861.


 * 4th Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Union) Organized at St. Joseph, Missouri, January 28 to May 14, 1862. Served in various locations, then at the District of Central Missouri, Department of Missouri, to July, 1865.


 * 4th Regiment, US Reserve Corps, Missouri Infantry (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, September, 1861. Mustered out January 13, 1862.


 * 4th Regiment, US Reserve Corps, Missouri Infantry (3 months, 1861) (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, May 8, 1861. Mustered out August 18, 1861.