List of New Mexico Territory Civil War units

The New Mexico Territory provided the following units for the Union army during the American Civil War. Not yet a state of the Union, it did not have a required quota of soldiers to raise. However, 6,561 men volunteered their services. They were primarily raised for defenses within the territory.

Infantry

5 regiments were provided for three year terms, while one regiment and 11 companies were raised for three-months service.

• 1st Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Militia Infantry
• 1st Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Infantry
• 1st Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Infantry (reorg)
• 2nd Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Infantry
• 3rd Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Infantry (mounted)
• 4th Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Infantry
• 5th Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Infantry
• Independent Companies, New Mexico Volunteer Militia Infantry

Cavalry

One three-year regiment, One 6-month regiment, and 5 three-month companies were raised.

• 1st Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Cavalry
• 1st Battalion New Mexico Cavalry and Infantry (org from 1st Reg't Cav)
• Independent Companies, New Mexico Volunteer Cavalry

References

• Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. New York and London. Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher. LCCN 59-12963.
• Phisterer, Frederick. (1883). Statistical Record of the Armies of the United States. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. p. 343.
• The Civil War Archive

See also

• Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State
• New Mexico in the American Civil War