18th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment

18th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Active August 26, 1862 to June 26, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements Defense of Cincinnati

The 18th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 18th Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at Hillsdale, Michigan on August 26, 1862.

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

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 18 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 293 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 311 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

See also

Notes

  1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf2.htm#18th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

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