3rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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| 3rd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry | |
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 Michigan state flag |
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| Active | May 21, 1861 to June 10, 1864 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Engagements | First Battle of Bull Run Peninsular Campaign Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Chantilly Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Cold Harbor |
The 3rd 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 3rd Michigan Infantry was organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan, by Francis William Kellogg, who was named as its first colonel. The men were mustered into state service on May 21, 1861, and later mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on June 10, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on June 10, 1864. The regiment's veterans and recruits were assigned to the 5th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 4 officers and 154 enlistedmen who were killed in action or motally wounded and 2 officers and 89 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 249 fatalities.[1]
[edit] Commanders
- Colonel Francis William Kellogg
[edit] See also
- Third Michigan Infantry Research Project
- List of Michigan Civil War Units
- Michigan in the American Civil War
[edit] Notes
- ^ 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.
