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US Civil War Regiments & Counties of Origin

This list cross-references US Civil War regiments with their companies, and the originating county where many of the company's the soldiers were recruited, often where they lived. More regiments are added daily, until all are listed.
New Most recent additions: MS Cavalry, MS Infantry, MS Light Artillery, NY Infantry, TN Infantry
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SideUnit #TypeStateUnitSubCo. Originating State & CountyDescrStaffLinks
1 Regiment MA Infantry
Roster: 1688  Sources:
 
Union 1 Regiment MA Infantry A MA Middlesex Co, Norfolk Co, Suffolk Co Capt Edward A. Wild, 1st Lt William L. Candler, 2nd Lt Charles L. Chandler
Union 1 Regiment MA Infantry B Capt Edward Pearl, 1st Lt George H. Smith, 2nd Lt Charles S. Kendall
Union 1 Regiment MA Infantry C Capt Gardner Walker, 1st Lt Joseph Hibbert, Jr., 2nd Lt Daniel G.E. Dickinson
Union 1 Regiment MA Infantry D Capt Ebenezer W. Stone, Jr., 1st Lt Charles M. Jordan, 2nd Lt Oliver Walton
Union 1 Regiment MA Infantry E Capt Clark B. Baldwin, 1st Lt George H. Johnston, 2nd Lt Miles Farwell
Union 1 Regiment MA Infantry F Capt Alfred W. Adams, 1st Lt John L. Rogers, 2nd Lt George E. Henry
Union 1 Regiment MA Infantry G Capt Henry A. Snow, 1st Lt Francis H. Ward, 2nd Lt William H.B. Smith
Union 1 Regiment MA Infantry H Capt Sumner Carruth, 1st Lt Albert S. Austin, 2nd Lt Robert A. Saunders
Union 1 Regiment MA Infantry I MA Suffolk Co, Middlesex Co, Suffolk Co Capt Charles E. Rand, 1st Lt Charles E. Mudge, 2nd Lt Elijah B. Gill, Jr.
Union 1 Regiment MA Infantry K Capt Abial G. Chamberlain, 1st Lt William Sutherland, 2nd Lt Frank W. Carruth
1 Regiment MA Sharpshooters
Roster: 182  Sources:
 
Union 1 Regiment MA Sharpshooters No company information available this time.
2 Regiment MA Infantry
Roster: 2003  Sources:
Battles: Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg
Union 2 Regiment MA Infantry A Capt Edward G. Abbott, 1st Lt Harrison G.O. Weymouth, 2nd Lt James Francis
Union 2 Regiment MA Infantry B Capt Greely S. Curtis, 1st Lt Charles F. Morse, 2nd Lt James M. EllisOur Family Tree Links 1
Union 2 Regiment MA Infantry C Capt William Cogswell, 1st Lt Edwin R. Hill, 2nd Lt Robert B. Brown
Union 2 Regiment MA Infantry D Capt James Savage, Jr., 1st Lt Samuel Storrow, 1st Lt William D. SedgwickOur Family Tree Links 1
Union 2 Regiment MA Infantry E Capt Samuel M. Ouincy, 1st Lt William B. Williams, 2nd Lt Ocran H. HowardOur Family Tree Links 1
Union 2 Regiment MA Infantry F Capt Joel P. Whitney, 1st Lt Charles R. Mudge, 2nd Lt Thomas R. Robeson
Union 2 Regiment MA Infantry G Capt Richard Carey, 1st Lt Henry S. Russell, 2nd Lt Anson D. Sawyer
Union 2 Regiment MA Infantry H Capt Francis H. Tucker, 1st Lt Thomas L. Motley, 2nd Lt Francis W. CrowninshieldOur Family Tree Links 1
Union 2 Regiment MA Infantry I Capt Adin B. Underwood, 1st Lt Marcus M. Hawes, 2nd Lt Rufus Choate
Union 2 Regiment MA Infantry K Capt Richard C. Goodwin, 1st Lt George P. Bangs, 2nd Lt Charles P. Horton
2 Regiment MA Sharpshooters
Roster: 145  Sources:
 
Union 2 Regiment MA Sharpshooters No company information available this time.
3 Regiment MA Infantry 3 months
Roster: 438  Sources:
 
Union 3 Regiment MA Infantry 3 monthsA Halifax Light InfantryCapt Joseph S. Harlow, 1st Lt Cephas Washburn, 2nd Lt Charles P. Lyon
Union 3 Regiment MA Infantry 3 monthsB Standish GuardsCapt Charles C. Doten, 1st Lt Otis Rogers, 2nd Lt William B. Alexander
Union 3 Regiment MA Infantry 3 monthsC Cambridge City GuardsCapt James P. Richardson, 1st Lt Samuel E. Chamberlain, 2nd Lt Edwin P. RichardsonOur Family Tree Links 1
Union 3 Regiment MA Infantry 3 monthsG Assonet Light InfantryCapt John W. Marble, 1st Lt Humphrey A. Francis, 2nd Lt John M. Dean
Union 3 Regiment MA Infantry 3 monthsH Samoset GuardsCapt Lucien L. Perkins, 1st Lt Oscar E. Washburn, 2nd Lt Southworth LoringOur Family Tree Links 1
Union 3 Regiment MA Infantry 3 monthsK Bay State Light InfantryCapt William S. McFarlin, 1st Lt John Dunham, 2nd Lt Francis L. Porter
Union 3 Regiment MA Infantry 3 monthsL New Bedford GuardsCapt Timothy Ingraham, 1st Lt James Barton, 1st Sgt Samuel C. HartOur Family Tree Links 1
3 Regiment MA Infantry 9 months
Roster: 1013  Sources:
 
Union 3 Regiment MA Infantry 9 monthsA Capt John W. Marble, 1st Lt Charles P. Lyon, 2nd Lt Nathaniel Morton
Union 3 Regiment MA Infantry 9 monthsB Capt Thomas B. Griffith, 1st Lt Charles A.S. Perkins, 2nd Lt William S. BriggsOur Family Tree Links 2
Union 3 Regiment MA Infantry 9 monthsC Capt Elihu Grant, 1st Lt Benjamin A. Shaw, 2nd Lt Charles D. Copeland
Union 3 Regiment MA Infantry 9 monthsD Capt Andrew R. Wright, 1st Lt Thomas McFarland, 2nd Lt George Reynolds
Union 3 Regiment MA Infantry 9 monthsE Capt John A. Hawes, 1st Lt William E. Mason, 2nd Lt James L. Sharp
Union 3 Regiment MA Infantry 9 monthsF Capt George R. Hurlbut, 1st Lt William H. Allen, 2nd Lt Jonathan W. Davis
Union 3 Regiment MA Infantry 9 monthsG Capt William S. Cobb, 1st Lt Henry W. Briggs, 2nd Lt James L. Wilbur
Union 3 Regiment MA Infantry 9 monthsH Capt Otis A. Baker, 1st Lt Robert Crossman, 2nd Lt Joseph Gibbs
Union 3 Regiment MA Infantry 9 monthsI Capt Barnabas Ewer, 1st Lt Solomon K. Eaton, 1st Lt Jabez M. Lyle
Union 3 Regiment MA Infantry 9 monthsK Capt Samuel Bates, 1st Lt Nathan Fobes, 2nd Lt Charles E. Churchill
4 Regiment MA Infantry 3 months
Roster: 631  Sources:
 
Union 4 Regiment MA Infantry 3 monthsA Union Light GuardsCapt Ira Drake, 1st Lt Henry N. Morse, 2nd Lt John McKay, Jr.
Union 4 Regiment MA Infantry 3 monthsB Easton Light InfantryCapt Mile M. Williams, 1st Lt Linton Waldron, 2nd Lt William E. Bump, Jr.
Union 4 Regiment MA Infantry 3 monthsC Braintree Light InfantryCapt Cephas C. Bumpus, 1st Lt James T. Stevens, 2nd Lt Isaac P. Fuller
Union 4 Regiment MA Infantry 3 monthsD Randolph Light InfantryCapt Horace Niles, 1st Lt Otis S. Wilbur, 2nd Lt Hiram F. Wales
Union 4 Regiment MA Infantry 3 monthsE Light InfantryCapt Charles F. Allen, 1st Lt Lewis Soule, 2nd Lt John W. Mitchell
Union 4 Regiment MA Infantry 3 monthsF Warren Light GuardsCapt David L. Shepard, 1st Lt Moses A. Richardson, 2nd Lt Carlos A. Hart
Union 4 Regiment MA Infantry 3 monthsG Taunton Light GuardsCapt Timothy Gordon, 1st Lt Zacheus Sherman, 2nd Lt Frederick A. Harrington
Union 4 Regiment MA Infantry 3 monthsH Hancock Light GuardsCapt Franklin Curtis, 1st Lt Edward A. Spear, 2nd Lt Benjamin F. Meservey
Union 4 Regiment MA Infantry 3 monthsI Lincoln Light InfantryCapt Luther Stephenson, Jr., 1st Lt Charles Sprague, 2nd Lt Nathaniel French, Jr.
4 Regiment MA Infantry 9 months
Roster: 976  Sources:
 
Union 4 Regiment MA Infantry 9 monthsA Capt John Hall, 1st Lt Ira Drake, 2nd Lt Henry U. MorseOur Family Tree Links 1
Union 4 Regiment MA Infantry 9 monthsB Lt Col Ebenezer T. Colby, Capt George S. Merrill, 1st Lt John K. Tarbox
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