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Confederate Government Civil War units

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This is a list of Confederate government Civil War military units, not raised by any state.[1]

Infantry

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  • 1st Confederate Infantry (1st Confederate Regiment, Georgia Volunteers)
  • 2nd Confederate Infantry
  • 3rd Confederate Infantry (Marmaduke's 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, and additional Tennessee units)[2]
  • 4th Confederate Infantry (1st Regiment, Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi Infantry)
  • 9th Confederate Infantry (5th Confederate Infantry; 5th Confederate Regiment, Tennessee Infantry)
  • 23rd Confederate Infantry (Alabama Volunteers)
  • Bailey's Consolidated Regiment of Infantry
  • Tucker's Confederate Regiment (also known as "1st Foreign Battalion"; "1st Foreign Legion":former Union prisoners of war)
  • 1st Battalion, Confederate Infantry (Forney's Regiment)
  • 8th Confederate Battalion (also known as "2nd Foreign Battalion"; "2nd Foreign Legion": former Union POWs)
  • Brooks' Battalion, Confederate Regular Infantry (also known as "Brooks Foreign Battalion": former Union POWs)
  • Haskell's Company, Infantry

Cavalry

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  • 1st Confederate Cavalry
  • 1st Confederate Regular Cavalry
  • 3rd Confederate Cavalry
  • 7th Confederate Cavalry (Claiborne's Regiment, Partisan Rangers; 7th Regiment, Confederate Partisan Rangers)
  • 8th (Dearing's) Confederate Cavalry
  • 8th (Wade's) Confederate Cavalry (2nd Regiment, Mississippi and Alabama Cavalry)
  • 10th Confederate Cavalry
  • 14th Confederate Cavalry
  • 15th Confederate Cavalry (1st Regiment, Alabama and Florida Cavalry)
  • 16th Confederate Cavalry (12th Regiment Mississippi Cavalry, Armistead's Cavalry, Spence's Cavalry)
  • 20th Confederate Cavalry (Lay's Regiment, Confederate Cavalry)
  • Powers' Regiment, Confederate Cavalry
  • Wood's Regiment, Confederate Cavalry
  • 1st Battalion, Trans-Mississippi Confederate Cavalry (1st Battalion, Arkansas and Louisiana Cavalry)
  • 6th Battalion, Confederate Cavalry
  • 7th Battalion, Confederate Cavalry (Prentice's Battalion, Confederate Cavalry)
  • Baxter's Battalion, Confederate Cavalry
  • Cutshaw's Battalion, Confederate Artillery
  • Clarkson's Battalion, Confederate Cavalry, Independent Rangers
  • Murchison's Battalion, Cavalry
  • Raum's Company, Confederate Cavalry (Warren Dragoons)

Indian cavalry

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  • 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles (1st Arkansas Cherokee Mounted Rifles)
  • 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers (Watie's Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Volunteers; 2nd Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles, Arkansas; 1st Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles or Riflemen)
  • Cherokee Regiment (Special Service)
  • 1st Squadron, Cherokee Mounted Volunteers (Holt's Squadron, Cherokee Mounted Volunteers)
  • 2nd Cherokee Mounted Volunteers (2nd Regiment Cherokee Mounted Rifles or Riflemen)
  • 1st Chickasaw Infantry (Hunter's Regiment, Indian Volunteers)
  • Shecoe's Chickasaw Battalion, Mounted Volunteers
  • 1st Choctaw and Chickasaw Mounted Rifles
  • 1st Choctaw Mounted Rifles
  • Deneale's Regiment, Choctaw Warriors (Deneale's Confederate Volunteers)
  • Wilkins' (Captain) Company, Choctaw Infantry
  • 1st Creek Mounted Volunteers (1st Regiment, Creek Mounted Rifles or Riflemen; Creek Regiment, Mounted Indian Volunteers; 2nd Regiment, Arkansas Creeks)
  • 2nd Creek Mounted Volunteers
  • 1st Osage Battalion, C.S.A.
  • 1st Seminole Mounted Volunteers
  • Washington's Squadron of Indians, C.S.A. (Reserve Squadron of Cavalry)

Artillery

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  • Braxton's Battalion, Confederate Artillery (Battalion C, 2d Corps, Army of Northern Virginia)
  • Cunningham's Battalion, Confederate Artillery
  • Courtney's Battalion, Confederate Artillery
  • Haskell's Battalion, Confederate Artillery
  • Huger's Battalion, Confederate Artillery
  • Lewis' Battalion, Confederate Artillery
  • Martin's Battalion, Confederate Reserve Artillery
  • McLaughlin's Battalion, Confederate Artillery
  • McIntosh's Battalion, Confederate Artillery (Battalion C,
  • Nelson's Battalion, Confederate Artillery (31st Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery; 3rd Battalion Reserve, Light Artillery)
  • Page's Battalion, Confederate Artillery (Carter's Battalion of Artillery; Braxton's Battalion of Artillery)
  • Palmer's Battalion, Confederate Artillery (Robertson's Battalion of Artillery)
  • Poague's Battalion, Artillery

Light Artillery

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  • 1st Regular Battery, Confederate Light Artillery (Semmes' Battery; Barnes' Battery)
  • Davis' Company, Confederate Light Artillery
  • Dent's Battery, Confederate Light Artillery
  • Richardson's Battalion, Confederate Light Artillery (Battalion A. 1st Corps Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia)
  • Stark's Battalion, Confederate Light Artillery (Battalion B. 1st Corps Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia)
  • Cobb's Battery 1st Kentucky Light Artillery (1st Kentucky Orphans Brigade, Army of Tennessee)

Heavy Artillery

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  • De Gournay's Battalion, Heavy Artillery (12th Battalion, Louisiana Heavy Artillery)
  • Montague's Battalion, Confederate Heavy Artillery (4th Battalion, Confederate Heavy Artillery)
  • Smith's Battalion, Confederate Heavy Artillery

Horse Artillery

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  • Marshall's Company, Confederate Artillery (Brown Horse Artillery)
  • Stuart's Horse Artillery
  • White's (Captain) Battery, Horse Artillery

Engineer

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  • 1st Regiment, Confederate Engineer Troops
  • 2nd Regiment, Confederate Engineer Troops
  • 3rd Regiment, Confederate Engineer Troops
  • 4th Regiment, Confederate Engineer Troops

Misc

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  • Bands, C.S.A.
  • Bell's Battalion, C.S.A.
  • Brush Battalion, C.S.A.[3]
  • Burrough's Battalion, Partisan Rangers (Princess Anne Partisan Rangers)
  • Click's Company, Ordnance Scouts and Guards, C.S.A.
  • Confederate Infantry
  • Cunningham's Ordnance Detachment (Cuyler's Ordnance Detachment)
  • Davis' Company of Guides, C.S.A.
  • Engineers, C.S.A.
  • Exchanged Battalion, C.S.A. (Trans-Mississippi Battalion; Western Battalion)
  • Gillum's Regiment (Henry Gillum's Regiment; Gillum's Regiment, Mounted Infantry; Gillum's Regiment, Mounted Riflemen)
  • Infantry School of Practice
  • Invalid Corps
  • Jackson's Company, C.S.A.
  • Lyon's Escort, Forrest's Cavalry, C.S.A.
  • Madison's Company, Mounted Spies and Guides (Phillips' Mtd. Spies and Guides)
  • Martin's Escort, C.S.A.
  • McDaniel's (Captain) Company, Secret Service
  • Mead's Confederate Cavalry (Mead's Regiment of Partisan Rangers)
  • Miscellaneous Indian Records
  • Nitre and Mining Bureau, War Department, C.S.A.,
  • Ochiltree's Detachment of Recruits (Detachment of Regulars)
  • President's Guard, C.S.A.
  • Reserve Corps Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia)
  • Sappers and Miners
  • Signal Corps, C.S.A.
  • Stirman's Regiment, Sharp Shooters
  • Young's (5th) Company, Retributors

Scouts

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  • Blake's Scouts, C.S.A.
  • Bradford's Corps, Scouts and Guards (Bradford's Battalion)
  • Forrest's Scouts, C.S.A.
  • Fort's Scouts, C.S.A.
  • Lillard's Company, Independent Scouts and Rangers (Nelson Rangers and Scouts)
  • Wheeler's Scouts, C.S.A. (Hawkins' Scouts, C.S.A.; Carter's Scouts, C.S.A.; 1st Tennessee Mounted Scouts)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Phillips, Geraldine N. (1973). Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Confederate Organizations. United States. National Archives and Records Service. p. 48.
  2. ^ The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies; Series 1 - Volume 52 (Part II). United States. War Dept. 1898. p. 262. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  3. ^ Pickering, David, and Judy Falls. 2000. Brush Men and Vigilantes, Civil War Dissent in Texas. College Station, Tex.: Texas A&M Press.