Units in Which Orleans County Citizens Served in the Civil War

1861      -      1865

 

INFANTRY REGIMENTS,

            UNIT               AREA                          NICKNAME

 

  21^st a few from             Orleans,                     First Buffalo Regiment.

  27^th, Company K -       Albion,                       Union Regiment.

  28^th, Company D -       Medina,                     Niagara Rifles, Scott Life Guard.

  28^th, Company G -       Albion,                       Niagara Rifles, Scott Life Guard.

  90^th, Company I -        Brooklyn,                   (Hancock Guard, or McClellan Chasseurs,

                                      East New York,          or McClellan Rifles)

                                      Long Island,

                                      Medina,

                                      Ridgeway

                                      and Shelby

104^th,                                                                Wadworth Guards, or Livingston County Regiment

147^th, Company C -    Richland,                        Oswego Regiment.

                                    Albion

                                    and Williamstown           

154^th,

164^th, Company B -    Lockport,                     (Corcoran Guard or  Corcoran Zouaves or

                                    Newfane,                      Seventh regiment or Irish Legion

                                    Rochester,                    or Third regiment

                                    Ridgeway                    or Corcoran's Irish Brigade or

                                    and Buffalo.                   Buffalo Irish regiment)

                                                                       

CAVALRY REGIMENTS,

 

    3^rd,                                                               (Van Alen Cavalry or Mix Cavalry)

    6^th, Company G -    Binghamton,                  (Ira Harris Cavalry

                                    Rochester,                     or Second Ira Harris Guard)

                                    Hornellsville,

                                    and  Albion.

  22^nd, Company F -    Rochester,                     Rochester Cavalry

                                    Albion,

                                    Barre

                                    and Dunkirk

    2^nd MOUNTED RIFLES                              Governor's Guard

          Company A -     Lockport,

                                    Buffalo,

                                    Batavia

                                    and Ridgeway.

           Company E -    Buffalo,

                                    Lockport,

                                    Carlton,

                                    Wilson,            

                                    Cambria

                                    and Newfane.

          Company L -      Barre,

                                    Carlton,

                                    Gaines,

                                    Java,

                                    Kendall,

                                    Ridgeway

                                    and Shelby.

 

ARTILLERY REGIMENTS,

 

   8^th,

14^th,

16^th,

INDEPENDENT BATTERIES

12^th,

17^th,                                                                 "Orleans Battery"

25^th,

 

 

LINKS

 

N.Y. Unit Information - regimental information from Phisterer's "New York in the War of the Rebellion"

http://library.morrisville.edu/local_history/sites/unitinfo/

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Compiled & converted to HTML by Richard CALLARD
June 2002

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