1st Michigan Infantry Regiment (3 years)
Appearance
1st Michigan Infantry Regiment | |
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Michigan state flag | |
Active | September 16, 1861 – July 19, 1865 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Infantry |
Size | 1,329 |
Engagements | American Civil War |
The 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
[edit]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.
Total strength and casualties
[edit]The regiment suffered 15 officers and 172 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 149 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 337 fatalities.[1]
Commanders
[edit]- Colonel John C. Robinson
- Colonel Ira C. Abbott
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
References
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