28th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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28th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Michigan state flag
Active	October 26, 1864 to June 6, 1866
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Wise's Forks

The 28th 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 28th Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at Kalamazoo and Marshall, Michigan on October 26, 1864.

The regiment was mustered out of service on July 26, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 1 officer and 5 killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 126 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 133 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#28th 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