1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Years)

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1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Michigan state flag
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.

Contents 1 Service 2 Total strength and casualties 3 Commanders 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References

[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

• Colonel

[edit] See also

• List of Michigan Civil War Units
• Michigan in the American Civil War

[edit] Notes

1. ^ 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.

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive