Military Units Formed in Missouri

CONFEDERATE STATE GUARD UNITS:


The Missouri State Guard units were formed from the state Militia units in 1861 and most were converted to regular Confederate troops in early 1862.

History of the Missouri State Guards.


Missouri State Guards - 1724 men
Artillery Regiment, Missouri State Guard (1st Division)
Extra Battalion, Missouri Infantry State Guard - 2 men
1st Brigade, Missouri State Guard (8th Division) - 134 men
1st Battalion, Missouri Cavalry State Guard - 35 men
1st Regiment, Missouri Artillery State Guard (8th Division) - 3 men
1st Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard - 69 men
1st Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (5th Division) - 1 man
1st Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (4th Division) - 1 man
1st Regiment, Cavalry State Guard (8th Division) - 39 men
1st Regiment, Cavalry State Guard (1st Division) - 265 men
1st Regiment, Cavalry State Guard - 7 men
1st Brigade, State Guard - 3 men
1st Regiment, Infantry State Guard (3rd Division)
1st Regiment, Infantry State Guard (8th Division) - 74 men
1st Regiment, Infantry State Guard (1st Division) - 100 men
1st Battalion, Infantry State Guard - 28 men
1st Brigade, State Guard (2nd Division)
1st Division, State Guard - 53 men
2nd Regiment, Cavalry State Guard - 2 men
2nd Regiment, Cavalry State Guard (1st Division) - 262 men
2nd Regiment, Cavalry State Guard (2nd Division) - 1 man
2nd Regiment, Infantry State Guard (1st Division) - 52 men
2nd Brigade, State Guard (8th Division) - 3 men
2nd Regiment, Artillery State Guard (8th Division) - 1 man
2nd Battalion, Infantry State Guard (1st Division) - 1 man
2nd Battalion, Cavalry State Guard (2nd Division) - 1 man
2nd Battalion, Cavalry State Guard (1st Division) - 106 men
2nd Battalion, Missouri Cavalry State Guard - 1 man
2nd Division, Missouri State Guard - 2 men
2nd Brigade, Missouri State Guard - 2 men
2nd Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard (8th Division) - 73 men
2nd Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard
2nd Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (6th Division) - 1 man
2nd Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (8th Division) - 214 men
3rd Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard (7th Division) - 1 man
3rd Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard (8th Division)
3rd Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard (1st Division)
3rd Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard - 58 men
3rd Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (5th Division) - 3 men
3rd Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (8th Division) - 64 men
3rd Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (1st Division) - 171 men
3rd Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard - 3 men
3rd Regiment, Missouri Artillery State Guard (2nd Division) - 2 men
3rd Battalion, Missouri Infantry State Guard (1st Division) - 22 men
3rd Battalion, Missouri Infantry State Guard - 2 men
3rd Division, Missouri State Guard - 11 men
4th Division, Missouri State Guard - 5 men
4th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard - 2 men
4th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (8th Division) - 89 men
4th Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard (1st Division) - 387 men
4th Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard (2nd Division) - 1 man
4th Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard (8th Division) - 20 men
4th Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard - 4 men
4th Regiment, Missouri Artillery State Guard (8th Division) - 1 man
5th Division, Missouri State Guard - 3 men
5th Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard - 12 men
5th Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard (3rd Division) - 2 men
5th Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard (8th Division) - 56 men
5th Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard (1st Division) - 30 men
5th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard - 1 man
5th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (8th Division) - 54 men
6th Division, Missouri State Guard - 5 men
6th Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard - 15 men
6th Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard (1st Division) - 1 man
6th Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard (8th Division) - 87 men
6th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (8th Division) - 17 men
6th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (3rd Division) - 1 man
6th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (1st Division) - 1 man
7th Division, Missouri State Guard - 1 man
7th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (3rd Division) - 1 man
7th Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard - 9 men
7th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard - 2 men
7th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (8th Division) - 47
8th Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard - 1 man
8th Regiment, Missouri Infantry State Guard (8th Division) - 1 man
8th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (8th Division) - 21 men
8th Brigade, Missouri State Guard - 1 man
8th Division, Missouri State Guard - 63 men
9th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (8th Division) - 32 men
10th Regiment, Missouri State Guard (Thompson's) - 1 man
10th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (8th Division) - 54 men
11th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (8th Division) - 45 men
11th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard - 1 man
12th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard - 1 man
12th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (8th Division) - 22 men
13th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard
13th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (1st Division) - 1 man
13th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (8th Division) - 32 men
14th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry State Guard (8th Division) - 19 men
Brewer's Regiment, Missouri State Guard Brigade - 1 man
Observation and Dispatch Company, 2nd Division Cavalry, Missouri State Guard - 1 man
Ordnance Department, Missouri State Guard - 2 men

The exact number of military units which were formed in Missouri is unknown. Some units changed names and / or were consolidated or reoganized during the war and a few were disbanded without seeing service.

This list contains 548 known discreet units and is based on the inventory made by the National Archives of the various rosters and service records.