United States Regiments & Batteries
New York provided 413,686 men to the Union Army during the Civil War. This was the largest number of any state, and almost a third more than the second largest contributor, Pennsylvania. Due to the large numbers of organizations, New York units are indexed on three pages:
Infantry & Sharpshooters
Infantry: 254 regiments and 1 battalion
Sharpshooters: 1 battalion and 4 independent companies
Cavalry
32 regiments, 1 battalion and 3 independent companies of cavalry
Artillery & Engineers
Heavy Artillery: 26 regiments and 5 battalions
Light Artilery: 6 battalions and 66 batteries of light artilery
Engineers: 4 regiments