The 1st Nevada Infantry Battalion was in infantry unit raised for service for the

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during the

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. Authorization was given to raise a full regiment. Charles Sumner was commissioned colonel with A. W. Briggs as lieutenant colonel and John G. Paul as major. The unit, however, never reached full regimental strength and these officers were not mustered into service. Three companies were organized at Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory beginning in 1863.Nevada Troops
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Organization

References

Organization compiled from Journal of the Senate - Nevada Legislatur
p. 40-46
{{reflist Units and formations of the Union Army from Nevada Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War 1864 establishments in Nevada Military units and formations established in 1864 Military units and formations disestablished in 1865