1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Years)
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| 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry | |
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 Michigan state flag |
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| Active | September 16, 1861 to July 19, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Engagements | Peninsular Campaign Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg Battle of Five Forks |
The 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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[edit] Service
The 1st Michigan Infantry was organized at Detroit, Michigan and mustered into Federal service for a three year enlistment on September 16, 1861. This regiment retained the number of the original 1st Michigan raised for a three month enlistment.
The regiment was mustered out on July 19, 1865.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 15 officers and 172 enlistedmen who were killed in action or motally wounded and 1 officer and 149 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 337 fatalities.[1]
[edit] Commanders
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[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf1.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
