25th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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25th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Michigan state flag
Active	September 22, 1862 to June 24, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Resaca Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Atlanta Siege of Atlanta Battle of Jonesboro Battle of Franklin Battle of Nashville Campaign of the Carolinas

The 25th 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 25th Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at Kalamazoo, Michigan on September 22, 1862. After the regiment arrived at Bolivar, Tennessee, in October, Dwight May, a future Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, became the lieutenant colonel.

The regiment was mustered out of service on June 24, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 1 officer and 34 enlistedmen who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 141 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 178 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/unmiinf3.htm#25th 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