6th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Heavy Artillery

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6th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Heavy Artillery
Michigan state flag
Active	June 10, 1863 to August 20, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Artillery
Engagements	Battle of Baton Rouge Siege of Port Hudson

The 6th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Heavy Artillery was an artillery 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 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery was redesignated from the 6th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Port Hudson, Louisiana as a reward for its performance at the Siege of Port Hudson.

The regiment was mustered out on August 20, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 2 officers and 76 enlistedmen who were killed in action or motally

wounded and 6 officers and 498 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 582 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