The Civil War in the East

Rhode Island Regiments and Batteries

Rhode Island provided 21,358 men to the Union Army in 3 regiments and 1 battalion of cavalry; 3 regiments of heavy artillery; 10 batteries of light artillery; and 12 regiments of infantry.

Infantry and Cavalry

Artillery

 

 

The 5th Infantry, the 2nd and 3rd Cavalry, almost all of the heavy artillery, and Battery F of the light artillery served outside the eastern theater for their entire history. The 6th and 8th Infantry never completed their organization.