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.[1] 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.[2]

• 1st Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Militia Infantry (November, 1861 - February, 1862)[3]
• 1st Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Infantry (July, 1861 - May, 1862)[3]
• 1st New Mexico Volunteer Infantry, Reorganized (October 1, 1863 - November 7, 1866)
• 2nd Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Infantry (July, 1861 - May, 1862)
• 3rd Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Infantry (mounted) (August, 1861 - May, 1862)[3]
• 4th Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Infantry (September, 1861 - May, 1862)[3]
• 5th Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Infantry (November, 1861 - May, 1862)[3]
• Independent Companies, New Mexico Volunteer Militia Infantry

Cavalry

Initially 5 three-month companies were raised.

• Independent Companies, New Mexico Volunteer Cavalry

Subsequently one three-year regiment was raised, and then one 6-month regiment.[2]

• 1st Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Cavalry (org from 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Reg'ts of New Mexico Vol. Inf., May, 1862 - September 30, 1866)
• 1st Battalion New Mexico Cavalry and Infantry (org from 1st Reg't Cav August 31, 1866 - November 23, 1867)[4]

Notes

1. Phisterer, p. 10.
2. Phisterer, p. 20.
3. Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, The Dyer Publishing Company, Des Moines, Iowa, 1908, p.1367
4. Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, The Dyer Publishing Company, Des Moines, Iowa, 1908, p.1366

References

• Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. New York and London. Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher. LCCN 59-12963.
• Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, The Dyer Publishing Company, Des Moines, Iowa, 1908; (Part 3) Regimental Histories, New Mexico Volunteers, pp.1366-1367
• 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