Minnesota provided a large number of units in the American Civil War proportionate to its small population of 172,023 in 1860, with some 26,717 state volunteers recorded, although a number of those are individuals who reenlisted in other units.
Infantry units 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment 2nd Minnesota Infantry Regiment 3rd Minnesota Infantry Regiment 4th Minnesota Infantry Regiment 5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment 6th Minnesota Infantry Regiment 7th Minnesota Infantry Regiment 8th Minnesota Infantry Regiment 9th Minnesota Infantry Regiment 10th Minnesota Infantry Regiment 11th Minnesota Infantry Regiment 1st Minnesota Infantry Battalion 1st Minnesota Sharpshooters Company 2nd Minnesota Sharpshooters Company
15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment This regiment, composed predominantly of Norwegian-speaking immigrants, enlisted many Norwegian-Americans from Minnesota. Company K was organized in Freeborn County, Minnesota, with the bulk of its recruits from Minnesota.
Cavalry units 1st Minnesota Mounted Rangers 2nd Minnesota Cavalry Regiment Brackett's Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry Hatch's Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry
Artillery units 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery Regiment 1st Minnesota Light Artillery Battery 2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery 3rd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery
Militias Many ad-hoc militia companies were raised for the defense of Minnesota after the Dakota War of 1862 began on August 18, 1862.
Cullen Frontier Guard Renville Rangers 1st Battalion, Brown County Militia (Two companies) Faxon Rangers Hendrick's Citizen Battery of Light Artillery St. Paul Cullen Guard Unnamed Company of Mounted Men Lake Prairie Rangers Hastings Rangers Chisago County Rangers New Ulm Company Milford Company John Belm's Company Nicollet County Guards Buggert's Company, Brown County Militia St. Peter and Nicollet Guards St. Peter Frontier Guards Bierbauer's Mankato Riflemen LeSueur Tigers No. 1 LeSueur Tigers No. 2 Rice County Militia Calvin Potter's Mounted Men Wabasha County Rangers Hutchinson Home Guard The Frontier Avengers Independent Rangers of Carver County Winnebago City Guards Sterret's Mounted Men T.D Smith's Company of Citizens Northern Rangers Goodhue County Rangers Sibley Guards Sauk Center Volunteers The Eureka Squad Winona Rangers Red Wing Cavalry Scandinavian Guard Roscoe Mounted Militia Malmros Guards Stillwater Frontier Guards Fillmore County Volunteers Ramsey Picket Guards Marine Guards of Washington Blue Earth City Cavalry Mankato Home Guard Company C, Irregular State Militia Butternut Valley Guards Marysburgh Home Guard New Ulm Citizen Battery
See also Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State
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