Lieutenant Francis Raymond Rice of Co. A and Co. F, 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment, before being wounded at Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, and having a leg amputated. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
The 1st Michigan Infantry was organized at Detroit, Michigan and mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on September 16, 1861. This regiment retained the number of the original 1st Michigan raised for a three-month enlistment.
The regiment was mustered out on July 19, 1865.
Total strength and casualtiesedit
The regiment suffered 15 officers and 172 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 149 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 337 fatalities.[1]
michigan, infantry, regiment, years, earlier, unit, with, same, name, michigan, infantry, regiment, months, units, with, similar, names, michigan, infantry, regiment, disambiguation, michigan, infantry, regiment, infantry, regiment, that, served, union, army, . For the earlier unit with the same name see 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment 3 months For units with similar names see 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment disambiguation The 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War 1st Michigan Infantry RegimentMichigan state flagActiveSeptember 16 1861 to July 19 1865CountryUnited StatesAllegianceUnionBranchInfantrySize1 329EngagementsPeninsular CampaignSecond Battle of Bull RunBattle of AntietamBattle of FredericksburgBattle of ChancellorsvilleBattle of GettysburgBattle of the WildernessBattle of Cold HarborSiege of PetersburgBattle of Five Forks Lieutenant Francis Raymond Rice of Co A and Co F 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment before being wounded at Fredericksburg on December 13 1862 and having a leg amputated From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs Prints and Photographs Division Library of Congress Contents 1 Service 2 Total strength and casualties 3 Commanders 4 See also 5 Notes 6 ReferencesService editThe 1st Michigan Infantry was organized at Detroit Michigan and mustered into Federal service for a three year enlistment on September 16 1861 This regiment retained the number of the original 1st Michigan raised for a three month enlistment The regiment was mustered out on July 19 1865 Total strength and casualties editThe regiment suffered 15 officers and 172 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 149 enlisted men who died of disease for a total of 337 fatalities 1 Commanders editColonel John C Robinson Colonel Ira C AbbottSee also editList of Michigan Civil War units Michigan in the American Civil WarNotes edit 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 References editThe Civil War Archive nbsp nbsp This article about a specific military unit of the American Civil War is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment 3 years amp oldid 1076944993, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
