Civil War Regiments from Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, 1861-1865

"Civil War Regiments from Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island," details the operational and enlistment history of the various infantry and cavalry regiments and artillery batteries from these New England states. Vermont raised 17 infantry regiments, 3 sharpshooter companies, 3 light artillery batteries, 1 heavy artillery regiment, and 1 cavalry regiment. Nine of Vermont's regiments made William F. Fox's "300 Fighting Regiments" found in "Regimental Losses in the American Civil War." Almost 20 percent of Vermont's troops died while in service to the Union. Eighteen-hundred died in battle or from wounds received in battle and 3,400 died from non-combat related causes. New Hampshire raised 18 infantry regiments, 1 cavalry battalion, 1 cavalry regiment, 1 light artillery battery, 2 heavy artillery companies, 1 heavy artillery regiment, and 3 sharpshooter companies. Joab Nelson Patterson wrote the entry for New Hampshire. Patterson began the war as a private and eventually reached the rank of Brevet Brigadier General. Eight New Hampshire regiments can be found in Fox's list of "300 fighting Regiments." New Hampshire suffered a 16.7 percent casualty rate during the war. Nearly 2,000 were killed in combat or died of wounds, and another 3,000 died from disease. Rhode Island, written by Elisha Hunt Rhodes, raised for service to the union 8 regiments of infantry, 10 batteries of light artillery, 3 cavalry regiments, 1 cavalry squadron, and 3 regiments of heavy artillery, one of which was all African-American. Elisha Hunt Rhodes enlisted in the 2nd RI Infantry as a private and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel by war's end. The 2nd Rhode Island Infantry is the only regiment from that state to be listed in Fox's "300 Fighting Regiments." Rhode Island lost 460 men in combat and 861 to disease and other causes.Rhodes, Elisha Hunt is the author of 'Civil War Regiments from Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, 1861-1865', published 2003 under ISBN 9781932157277 and ISBN 1932157271.