List of Missouri Union Civil War units explained

See main article: Missouri in the American Civil War. This is a list of regiments from Missouri that fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865). The list of Missouri Confederate Civil War units is shown separately.

Long-Enlistment Infantry Regiments

• 1st Missouri Volunteer Infantry - Reorganized as batteries of 1st Missouri Lt Arty
• 2nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 3rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 3rd Missouri US Reserve Corps Infantry - "Turner Zouaves"
  • 4th Missouri Volunteer Infantry 5th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 6th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - "Bates Guards"
• 7th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - "The Irish Regiment", "The Irish Seventh"
• 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - "American Zouaves"
• 9th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - "Washington Zouaves"^[1]
• 10th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 11th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 12th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 13th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• Western Sharpshooters-14th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - (formerly) Birge's Western Sharpshooters (later 66th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Western Sharpshooters))
• 15th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 16th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - Failed to complete organization
• 17th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - "Western Turner Rifles"
• 18th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 19th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - Failed to complete organization
• 20th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - Failed to complete organization
• 21st Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 22nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 23rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 24th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - The Lyon Legion
• 25th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 26th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 27th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 27th Missouri Volunteer Mounted Infantry
• 28th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - Failed to complete organization
• 29th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 30th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - "Shamrock Regiment" (second Missouri Irish Regiment)
• 31st Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 32nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 33rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 34th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - Failed to complete organization
• 35th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 36th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 37th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - Failed to complete organization
• 38th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - Failed to complete organization
• 39th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 40th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 41st Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 42nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 43rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 44th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 45th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 46th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 47th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 48th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 49th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 50th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 51st Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 52nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 53rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 54th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
• 56th Missouri Volunteer Infantry

Short-Enlistment Infantry Regiments

• 1st Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 Months, 1861)
• 2nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 months, 1861)
• 3rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 months, 1861) "Lyon's Fahnenwacht" (Lyon's Color Guard)
• 4th Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 months, 1861) "Schwarze Jäger" (Black Hunters, aka Black Rifle Hunters)
• 5th Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 months, 1861)

• 1st Northeast Regiment of Missouri Infantry, 1861
• 2nd Northeast Regiment of Missouri Infantry, 1861

• 1st Missouri, US Reserve Corps Infantry (3 months, 1861)
• 2nd Missouri, US Reserve Corps Infantry (3 months, 1861)
• 3rd Missouri, US Reserve Corps Infantry (3 months, 1861) "Turner-Zuaven" (Turner Zouaves)
  • 4th Missouri, US Reserve Corps Infantry (3 months, 1861) 5th Missouri, US Reserve Corps Infantry (3 months, 1861)

Early War Home Guard Organizations

• Fourteenth Missouri Volunteers (Lafayette County Home Guard)
• Adair County Home Guard Company Infantry (Mounted)
• Adair County Home Guard Company Infantry
• Allen's Citizens Corps Home Guard (Calhoun, Henry Co)
• Benton County Home Guard Regiment Infantry
• Boonville Battalion Home Guard Infantry
• Brookfield Company Home Guard Infantry (Linn Co)
• Caldwell County Company Home Guard Infantry
• Cape Girardeau Battalion Home Guard Infantry
• Carondelet County Company Home Guard Infantry
• Cass County Regiment Home Guard Infantry
• Clinton County Company Home Guard Infantry (Org by BG Lyon)
• Clinton County Company Home Guard Infantry (Org by Col Tuttle)
• Cole County Regiment Home Guard Infantry
• Dallas County Regiment Home Guard Infantry
• De Kalb County Regiment Home Guard Infantry
• De Doto County Company Home Guard Infantry
• Douglas County Company Home Guard Infantry
• Franklin County Regiment Home Guard Infantry
• Fremont Rangers Home Guard Infantry (5 Companies)
• Gasconade County Battalion Home Guard Infantry (2nd)
• Greene County Company Home Guard Infantry
• Gentry County Regiment Home Guard Infantry
• Greene And Christian Counties Company Home Guard Infantry
• Harrison County Regiment Home Guard Infantry
• Jefferson City Battalion Home Guard Infantry
• Johnson County Regiment Home Guard Infantry
• King's Company Railroad Guard
• Knox County Regiment Home Guard Infantry
• Lawrence County Regiment Home Guard Infantry
• Lewis County Company Home Guard Infantry
• Lexington County Company Home Guard Infantry
• Livingston County Company Home Guard Infantry
• Marion County Battalion Home Guard Infantry
• Moniteau County Company Home Guard Infantry
• Nodaway County Regiment Home Guard Infantry
• Osage County Battalion Home Guard Infantry
• Osage County Regiment And Hickory County Battalion Home Guard Infantry
• Ozark County Regiment Home Guard Infantry
• Pacific Battalion (ink's) Home Guard Infantry
• Pettis County Regiment Home Guard Infantry
• Phelps County Company Home Guard Infantry (maries Co. Indpt. Company)
• Phelps County Company Home Guard Infantry (bennight's)
• Phelps' Regiment Of Home Guard Infantry (green County)
• Pike County Regiment Home Guard Infantry
• Pilot Knob Company Home Guard Infantry
• Polk County Regiment Home Guard Infantry
• Potosi County Regiment Home Guard Infantry
• Putnam County Home Guard Infantry - (2 Companies)
• St. Charles County Battalion Home Guard Infantry (krekel's)
• Scott County Battalion Home Guard Infantry
• Sibley Point Home Guard Company (adair County)
• Stonas Independent Company Ozark County Home Guard Infantry
• Stone Prairie (barry County) Company Home Guard Infantry
• Stone County Regiment Home Guard Infantry
• Shawneetown (putnam County) Home Guard Company Infantry
• Sullivan County Home Guard Infantry (2 Companies)
• Shelby County Company Home Guard Infantry
• Webster County Regiment Home Guard Infantry

Enrolled Missouri Militia

• 1st Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 2nd Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 3rd Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 4th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 5th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 6th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 7th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 8th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 9th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 10th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 11th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 13th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 16th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 17th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 22nd Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 23rd Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 24th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 25th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 26th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 27th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 28th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 29th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 30th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 31st Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 32nd Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 33rd Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 34th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 35th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 36th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 37th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 38th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 39th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 40th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 41st Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 42nd Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 43rd Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 44th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 45th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 46th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 47th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 48th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 49th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 50th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 51st Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 52nd Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 53rd Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 54th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 55th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 56th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 57th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 58th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 59th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 60th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 61st Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 62nd Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 63rd Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 64th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 65th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 66th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 67th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 68th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 69th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 70th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 71st Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 72nd Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 73rd Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 74th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 75th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 76th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 77th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 78th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 79th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 80th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 81st Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 82nd Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 83rd Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 84th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 85th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 86th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 87th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 88th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 89th Enrolled Missouri Militia

Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia

• 1st Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 2nd Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 3rd Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 4th Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 5th Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 6th Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 7th Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 8th Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 9th Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia

Missouri State Militia

• 1st Battalion Missouri State Militia Infantry "Albins'"

Missouri State Militia Cavalry

• 1st Missouri State Militia Cavalry
• 1st Battalion Missouri State Militia Cavalry "Krekel's"
• 2nd Missouri State Militia Cavalry
• 2nd Battalion Missouri State Militia Cavalry
• 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Old)
• 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry (New)
• 5th Missouri State Militia Cavalry
• 5th Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Old)
• 5th Missouri State Militia Cavalry (New)
• 6th Missouri State Militia Cavalry
• 7th Missouri State Militia Cavalry
• 8th Missouri State Militia Cavalry
• 9th Missouri State Militia Cavalry
• 10th Missouri State Militia Cavalry
• 11th Missouri State Militia Cavalry
• 12th Missouri State Militia Cavalry
• 13th Missouri State Militia Cavalry
• 14th Missouri State Militia Cavalry

Cavalry

• 1st Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
• 2nd Missouri Volunteer Cavalry - Merrill's Horse
• 3rd Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
• 4th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
• 5th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
• 6th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
• 7th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
• 8th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
• 9th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
• 10th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
• 11th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
• 12th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
• 13th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
• 14th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
• 15th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
• 16th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
• 17th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
• 18th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry

Artillery

1st Missouri Light Artillery Regiment

• Battery A
• Battery B
• Battery C
• Battery D
• Battery E
• Battery F
• Battery G
• Battery H
• Battery I
• Battery K
• Battery L
• Battery M

2nd Missouri Light Artillery Regiment

• Battery A
• Battery B
• Battery C
• Battery D
• Battery E
• Battery F - Landgraeber's Battery of Horse Artillery
• Battery G
• Battery H
• Battery I
• Battery K
• Battery L
• Battery M

Engineers

• 1st Regiment Missouri Volunteer Engineers
• Bissell's Engineer Regiment of the West
• Balz's Company of Sappers and Miners
• Gerster's Independent Company of Pioneers
• Smith's Independent Company of Missouri Telegraph Corps
• Voerster's Independent Company of Sappers and Miners

Colored Infantry Regiments

• 1st Missouri Regiment of Colored Infantry - 62nd Regt United States Colored Troops
• 2nd Missouri Regiment of Colored Infantry - 65th Regt United States Colored Troops
• 3rd Missouri Regiment of Colored Infantry - 67th Regt United States Colored Troops
• 4th Missouri Regiment of Colored Infantry - 68th Regt United States Colored Troops
• 18th U.S. Colored Infantry - Organized in Missouri "At Large"

See also

• Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State
• List of Missouri Confederate Civil War units
• United States Colored Troops

Notes and References

1. July 20 and Aug 1, 1861 Missouri Democrat (newspaper).