Rhode Island Civil War Union Infantry Units

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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.


 * 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