List of Rhode Island Civil War units explained

List of military units raised by the state of Rhode Island during the American Civil War.

Artillery units

1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery B, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery D, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery E, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery F, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery H, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery

3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery 5th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored) (a.k.a. 11th United States Colored Troops) 1st Rhode Island Battery (a.k.a. Tompkin's Marine Artillery) 10th Rhode Island Battery

Cavalry

1st Rhode Island Cavalry 2nd Rhode Island Cavalry

3rd Rhode Island Cavalry 7th Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry

Infantry

1st Rhode Island Infantry 2nd Rhode Island Infantry 3rd Rhode Island Infantry 4th Rhode Island Infantry 5th Rhode Island Infantry 6th Rhode Island Infantry - failed to complete organization

7th Rhode Island Infantry 9th Rhode Island Infantry 10th Rhode Island Infantry 11th Rhode Island Infantry 12th Rhode Island Infantry

Miscellaneous

• Independent Company Hospital Guards^[1]

See also

• Rhode Island in the American Civil War
• Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State
• United States Colored Troops

Notes and References

1. This unit was organized at Portsmouth Grove, Rhode Island on December 6, 1862. It mustered out of service on August 26, 1865. Presumably the unit was organized as infantry to guard both Union and Confederate soldiers who were recuperating in Rhode Island hospitals. No other information about this unit has been located and may require original research in the Rhode Island State Archives.