Twelve companies of "volunteer" infantry were also raised.
Ten corps of Volunteer Infantry were formed in 1803.
John Titford responded to the call and signed up for the Volunteer Infantry.
The North's first volunteer infantry company was raised there following the attack on Ft. Sumter.
African Americans from Greenwich fought in two Connecticut regiments, the 29th and 31st volunteer infantry.
His duties included overseeing the organization and equipping of three regiments of volunteer infantry for the fledgling Union army.
After the Civil War broke out, Eustis joined the volunteer infantry being raised in Massachusetts.
During the American Civil War he was a Captain in the 143rd Volunteer Infantry.
Morgan's Iowa Company of Volunteer Infantry began staffing the fort on July 15, 1846.
