16th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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| 16th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry | |
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| Active | July, 1861 to July 8, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Engagements | Peninsular Campaign Battle of Second Bull Run Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spottsylvania Court House Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg Battle of Five Forks Appomattox Campaign |
The 16th 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 16th Michigan Infantry was organized at Plymouth and Detroit, Michigan between July and September, 1861. Among the soldiers in the 16th was future Michigan state politician Henry H. Aplin.
Captain Edward Hill was awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery in action during the 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor.
The regiment was mustered out of service on July 8, 1865.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 12 officers and 235 enlistedmen who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 143 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 390 fatalities.[1]
[edit] Original field staff
- Colonel Thomas B. Stockton of Flint, Michigan, age not available
- Lt. Colonel John V. Reuhle of Detroit, Michigan, age not available
- Major Norval E. Welch of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 26
- Surgeon Isaac Wixam of Argentine, Michigan, 58
- Asst. Surgeon William H. Butler of Buffalo, New York, 36
- Adjutant Thomas E. Morris of East Saginaw, Michigan, 26
- Quartermaster Miner S. Newell of Flushing, Michigan, 32
- Chaplain William H. Brockway of Plymouth, Michigan, 48
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf2.htm#16th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
