Thirty-Five Fighting Regiments

Of the “Three Hundred Fighting Regiments” listed in William F. Fox’s Regimental Losses in the Civil War, thirty-five regiments, or almost 12%, served at some point in the trans-Mississippi. The breakdown by state is two Indiana units, twelve from Illinois, nine Iowa regiments, one from Kansas, three Michigan cavalry regiments, four Missouri regiments, one from New York, two U. S. Colored units, and one regiment from Wisconsin. Here is the list of the thirty-five fighting regiments with their primary service in the trans-Mississippi and the date of the blog posting that featured each one.

22^nd Indiana Infantry: Glasgow, Mo.; Pea Ridge, Ark. [March 3, 2011]

40^th Indiana Infantry: occupation duty in Texas [July 15, 2012]

8^th Illinois Infantry: Charleston, Mo.; Milliken’s Bend, La.; occupation duty in Louisiana and Texas [April 22, 2012]

11^th Illinois Infantry: garrison duty in Missouri; campaign to Morganzia, La. [May 23, 2012]

20^th Illinois Infantry: campaigning in Missouri in 1861 [July 10, 2011]

21^st Illinois Infantry: served in Missouri until May 1862 [February 13, 2012]

22^nd Illinois Infantry: Charleston, Mo.; Belmont, Mo. [September 25, 2011]

30^th Illinois Infantry: Belmont, Mo. [August 22, 2012]

31^st Illinois Infantry: Belmont, Mo. [March 4, 2012]

36^th Illinois Infantry: Pea Ridge, Ark.; occupation duty in Texas [May 20, 2011]

42^nd Illinois Infantry: served in Missouri until April 1862; occupation duty in Texas [November 22, 2012]

44^th Illinois Infantry: Pea Ridge, Ark.; occupation duty in Texas [March 13, 2011]

48^th Illinois Infantry: occupation duty in Arkansas [January 31, 2013]

55^th Illinois Infantry: Arkansas Post, Ark. [February 20, 2011]

2^nd Iowa Infantry: service in Missouri until February 1862 [March 27, 2012]

3^rd Iowa Infantry: skirmishing in Missouri in 1861 [January 29, 2011]

5^th Iowa Infantry: New Madrid, Mo.; Milliken’s Bend, La. [October 30, 2011]

6^th Iowa Infantry: service in Missouri until March 1862 [September 22, 2012]

7^th Iowa Infantry: Belmont, Mo. [April 11, 2011]

9^th Iowa Infantry: Pea Ridge, Ark. [November 12, 2011]

13^th Iowa Infantry: service in Missouri in the spring of 1862 [October 31, 2012]

22^nd Iowa Infantry: service in Louisiana from August 1863-July 1864 [May 28, 2011]

24^th Iowa Infantry: Red River campaign [March 22, 2011]

1^st Kansas Infantry: Wilson’s Creek, Mo.; service in Louisiana [May 3, 2011]

1^st Michigan Cavalry: service in the Dakota Territory [January 17, 2012]

5^th Michigan Cavalry: service in the Dakota Territory [January 5, 2013]

6^th Michigan Cavalry: service in the Dakota Territory [July 19, 2011]

11^th Missouri Infantry: actions in Missouri until March 1862 [August 21, 2011]

12^th Missouri Infantry: Pea Ridge, Ark.; Arkansas Post, Ark. [March 28, 2011]

15^th Missouri Infantry: Pea Ridge, Ark.; occupation duty in Texas [June 10, 2011]

26^th Missouri Infantry: New Madrid, Mo. [December 16, 2011]

114^th New York Infantry: Fort Bisland, La.; Red River campaign [January 22, 2011]

8^th U. S. Colored Infantry: occupation duty in Texas [December 14, 2012]

79^th U. S. Colored Infantry [1^st Kansas Colored]: Poison Spring, Ark.; duty in the Indian Territory [February 16, 2013]

16^th Wisconsin Infantry: Goodrich, La. [January 25, 2011]