United States Regiments & Batteries
Massachusetts provided to the Union Army 5 regiments and 3 battalions of cavalry; 4 regiments, 1 battalion and 30 independent companies of heavy artillery; 18 batteries of light artillery; 2 companies of sharpshooters; and 71 regiments and 3 battalions of infantry. Most served in the eastern theater, with exceptions listed below.*
Infantry
The 27th, 31st, 41st, 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 45th, 47th, 48th , 49th, 50th, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, and 55th infantry regiments did not serve in the Eastern Theater. The 62nd Infantry never completed its organizaton, which was underway at war’s end.