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During the Civil War, Michigan raised more than 90,000 men. Their records can be found in state records shown on this page, unit records which may be found on the military unit pages (see below for links), or [[United States Civil War 1861 to 1865, Part 2|federal records]]. For ideas on how to begin searching for your Civil War ancestor, see [[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]].<br>[[Image:{{MICWMonument}}]] <br>
:Battery "A" 1st Regiment Light Artillery. ("Loomis' Battery," "Coldwater Artillery."
:Mustered in: May 28, 1861.
:Length of service: Battery reorganized for three years service.
:Mustered out: July 12, 1865, at Jackson, Mich.


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:Battery "B" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
:Organized at: Grand Rapids and Detroit, Mich., September 10 to December 14, 1861.
:mustered out: June 14, 1865.
 
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:Battery "C" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
:Mustered in: November 28, 1861 Grand Rapids, Michigan.
:Mustered out: at Detroit, Mich., June 22, 1865.
 
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:Battery "D" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
:Organized at: White Pigeon, Mich., September 17 to December 7, 1861
:Mustered out: August 3, 1865.
 
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:Battery "E" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
:Organized at Grand Rapids, Albion and Marshall, Mich.
:mustered in December 6, 1861.
:Mustered out July 30, 1865.
 
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:Battery "F" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
:Organized at: Detroit and Coldwater, Mich
:Mustered in January 9, 1862
:Mustered out July 1, 1865
 
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:Battery "G" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
:Organized at: Kalamazoo, Mich
:Mustered in: January 17, 1862
:Mustered out August 6, 1865
 
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:Battery "H" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
:Organized at: Monroe, Mich.
:Mustered in: March 6, 1862
:Mustered out: Jackson, Mich., July 22, 1865.
 
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:Battery "I" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
:Organized at: Detroit, Mich.
:Mustered in: August 29, 1862
:Mustered out: July 14, 1865 Jackson, Mich.
 
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:Battery "K" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
:Organized at: Grand Rapids, Mich., November 21, 1862, to February 20, 1863
:Mustered out: mustered out July 22, 1865, Detroit, Mich.
 
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:Battery "L" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
:Organized at: Coldwater, Mich.
:Mustered in: April 11, 1863
:Mustered out: August 22, 1865, Jackson, Mich.
 
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:Battery "M" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
:Organized at: Detroit, Mt. Clemens and Dearborn, and organization completed June 30, 1863
:Mustered out: August 1, 1865, Jackson, Mich.
 
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*[[1st Regiment, Engineers and Mechanics, Michigan|1st Regiment, Engineers and Mechanics, Michigan]]
 
:Organized at: Marshall, Mich., September 12, 1861
:Mustered in: to date October 29, 1861
:Mustered out September 22, 1865
:Discharged at Jackson, Mich., October 1, 1865.
 
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*[[1st Regiment, Michigan Infantry|1st Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at: Detroit, Mich.
:Mustered in: September 16, 1861
:Mustered out: July 9, 1865.
 
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*[[1st Regiment, United States Lancers, Michigan Cavalry|1st Regiment, United States Lancers, Michigan Cavalry]]
 
:Organized at: Detroit, Saginaw and St. John, Mich. November 30, 1861, to February 20, 1862.
:Mustered out: March 20, 1862.
 
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*[[1st Regiment, Michigan Infantry (3 months, 1861)|1st Regiment, Michigan Infantry (3 months, 1861)]]
 
:Organized at: Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich.
:Mustered into United States service May 1, 1861
:Length of service: 3 months
:Mustered out: August 7, 1861.
 
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*[[1st Regiment, Michigan Cavalry|1st Regiment, Michigan Cavalry]]
 
:Organized at: Detroit, Mich., August 21 to September 6, 1861
:Mustered in: September 13, 1861
:Mustered out: March 10, 1866
 
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*[[1st Regiment, Michigan Sharpshooters|1st Regiment, Michigan Sharpshooters]]
 
:Organized at: Kalamazoo and Dearborn, Mich., April 14 to October 7, 1863.&nbsp;:Mustered in July 7, 1863
:Mustered out July 28, 1865, Washington D. C.
 
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*[[2nd Regiment, Michigan Cavalry|2nd Regiment, Michigan Cavalry]]
 
:Organized at: Detroit, Mich.
:Mustered in: October 2, 1861
:Mustered out: August 17, 1865.
 
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*[[2nd Regiment, Michigan Infantry|2nd Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
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:Organized at: Detroit, Mich., May 25, 1861.
:Length of service: 3 Years
:Mustered out: July 29, and discharged at Detroit, Mich., August 1, 1865.


=== Introduction  ===
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Michigan raised more than 90,000 men for the Union. The Michigan regiments included 34 infantry regiments, 11 cavalry regiments, one sharpshooter regiment, one engineer regiment, many smaller independent units, and about 600 men in the Union Navy, <br>  
*[[3rd Regiment, Michigan Cavalry|3rd Regiment, Michigan Cavalry]]
 
:Organized at: Grand Rapids, Mich., August 24 to November 28, 1861.
:Mustered out: February 12, 1866
:Discharged at: Jackson, Mich., March 15, 1866
 
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*[[3rd Regiment, Michigan Infantry (1st organization)|3rd Regiment, Michigan Infantry (1st organization)]]
 
:Organized at: Grand Rapids, Mich.
:Mustered into State service May 21, 1861.
:Mustered into United States service June 10, 1861
:Non-veterans mustered out: June 10, 1864.
:Veterans and Recruits transferred to 5th Michigan Infantry June 13, 1864.
 
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"14,753 Michigan soldiers died in service, roughly 1 of every 6 who served. 4,448 of these deaths were combat deaths while the majority, over 9000, were from disease..."<ref name="wikipedia">Wikipedia.com, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_in_the_American_Civil_War Michigan in the American Civil War], (viewed 22 February 2011).</ref><br>
*[[3rd Regiment, Michigan Infantry (2nd organization)|3rd Regiment, Michigan Infantry (2nd organization)]]


=== Michigan Military Units  ===
:Organized at: Grand Rapids, Adrian and Pontiac, Mich., August 24 to October 12, 1864.
:Mustered in: October 15, 1864
:Mustered out at: Victoria May 26, 1866
:Discharged at: Detroit, Mich., June 10, 1866.


Most units were numbered, however, some were named. See the table below for lists of the regiments, battalions, batteries, and other units. <br>  
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The information in the lists of Michigan Military Units comes from the [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors] web site. That web site also can be searched by the name of a soldier.
*[[4th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry|4th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry]]


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:Organized at: Detroit, Mich.
<center>'''Michigan Units by Number or by Name'''</center><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; color: black; padding-top: 5px">'''''Union Units'''''</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Michigan Civil War Union Units 1st through 9th|1st-9th]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Michigan Civil War Union Units 10th through 30th|10th-30th]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Michigan Civil War Union Units A to Z|A to Z]]</div>
:Mustered in August 28, 1862.
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:Mustered out July 1, 1865.
<center>'''Michigan Units by Type of Unit'''</center><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; color: black; padding-top: 5px">'''''Union Units'''''</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Michigan Civil War Union Infantry Units|Infantry]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Michigan Civil War Union Cavalry Units|Cavalry]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Michigan Civil War Union Artillery Units|Artillery]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 65px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Michigan Civil War Union Unassigned Units|Unassign- ed Units]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Michigan Civil War Union Colored Troops|Colored Troops]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Michigan Civil War Union Other Units|Other]]</div>
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=== Related Sources ===
*[[4th Regiment, Michigan Infantry (1st organization)|4th Regiment, Michigan Infantry (1st organization)]]
*John T. Fallon, comp. ''List of synonyms of organizations in the volunteer service of the United States during the years 1861, '62, '63, '64, and '65'' Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885 {{FSDL|241061}}


*''Bibliography of State Participation in the Civil War 1861-1866'' Washington: Government Printing Office, 1918. For Michigan see pages 339- 361. This section will include a bibliography of war related state publications, published unit histories, and local histories with Civil War content. {{FSDL|44716}}
:Organized at: Adrian, Mich.
:Mustered in: June 20, 1861  
:Mustered out June 30, 1864.  
:Veterans and Recruits transferred to 1st Michigan Infantry.


*Frederick Dyer. ''A compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' 3 volumes. reprint. New York, New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. v. 1. Number and organization of the armies of the United States -- v. 2. Chronological record of the campaigns, battles, engagements, actions, combats, sieges, skirmishes, etc., in the United States, 1861 to 1865 -- v. 3. Regimental histories. v.1 {{FSDL|321923}}; v.2 {{FSDL|298675}}; v.3 {{FSDL|411071}}
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*United States Adjutant General's Office. ''Official army register of the volunteer force of the United States Army for the years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65'' volume 5 reprint Gaithersburg, Maryland: Olde Soldier Books, 1987 incudes officers from Ohio and Michigan Regiments {{FSDL|48827}}
*[[4th Regiment, Michigan Infantry (2nd organization)|4th Regiment, Michigan Infantry (2nd organization)]]


:Organized at: Adrian and Hudson, Mich.
:Mustered in October 14, 1864
:Mustered out: Houston, Texas, May 26,1866
:Discharged: Detroit, Mich., June 10, 1866.


=== Records and Resources  ===
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==== Cemetery Records  ====
*[[5th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry|5th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry]]


*"Civil War Graves Registration Index Cards, 1861–1930" ({{FSC|1955405|disp=FS Library1955405 (22films)}}) This index for the state of Michigan includes name, county of burial, and military unit. See also {{RecordSearch|3246416|Michigan, Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, Committee on Civil War Grave Registration, Burial Records}} FamilySearch Historical Records
:Regiment organized at Detroit, Mich.
:Mustered in August 30, 1862.
:Mustered out: June 23, 1865.
:Veterans and Recruits transferred to 1st Michigan Cavalry.


==== 1890 Census Veterans Schedules  ====
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*'''1890 Census Veterans Schedules''' - The "Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War" (NARA M123) are available online for the state of Michigan. The schedules list Union veterans and their widows living in Michigan in 1890. For more information on the 1890 Veterans Schedules see [[Union Census Records|Union Census Records]].
*[[5th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|5th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]


==== Pensions  ====
:Organized at: Detroit, Mich.
:Mustered in: August 28, 1861.
:Mustered out: July 5, 1865 Jeffersonville, Indiana.


*'''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - An {{RecordSearch|1471019|Index to Pension Applications}} of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. The majority of the records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. For more information see [[Union Pension Records|Union Pension Records]].
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==== Service Records  ====
*[[6th Regiment, Michigan Heavy Artillery|6th Regiment, Michigan Heavy Artillery]]


Most of the service and pension files have not been filmed and are only available at the National Archives. Footnote.com is currently digitizing the records (11 March 2011).  
:Organized at: Kalamazoo, Mich.  
:Mustered in August 20, 1861
:Mustered out: August 20, 1865
:Discharged at: Jackson, Mich., September 5, 1865.


*''Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861–1865''. 46 vols. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Ihling Bros. &amp; Everard, 1905. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|977.4 M2r|disp=book 977.4 M2r; on 4 films}}.) ([https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/003931700 Online at Hathi Trust Digital Library]) Brief service records of Michigan soldiers. For an index of names listed in these volumes use:
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:-''Alphabetical General Index to Public Library Sets of 85,271 Names of Michigan Soldiers and Sailors Individual Records''. Lansing, Michigan: Michigan Secretary of State, 1915. (FamilySearch Library [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/236389-redirection book 977.4 M2a]; {{FSC|37227|title-id|disp=film 915948}}.)<br>
*[[6th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry|6th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry]]


*Michigan. Adjutant General's Office. ''Records of Michigan Volunteers Mustered into the Service of the United States, 1861–1866''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973. ({{FSC|339780|title-id|disp=On 7 FS Library films}}.) Includes index. Lists name, rank, enlistment date and place, and residence. The records are also at the Michigan State Archives.
:Organized at: Grand Rapids, Mich., May 28 to October 13, 1862.  
:Mustered in October 13, 1862.  
:Ordered to rejoin Regiment in Army of the Potomac April 25, and joined May 3, 1864.  
:Consolidated with 1st Michigan Cavalry November 7, 1865.


*Michigan. Adjutant General's Office. ''Michigan Volunteers Descriptive Rolls, 1861–1866; Index to Michigan Volunteers, 1861–1865''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. ({{FSC|294456|title-id|disp=On 16 FS Library films}}.) Indexes are on {{FSC|294456|title-id|disp=films 915346–47}}. 50 volumes listing name, rank, enlistment date and place, physical description, and service record. Lists death date and place for some individuals.
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*Michigan Department of Natural Resources.  [http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-54463_19313-125416--,00.html Civil War Principles and Substitutes index Database website].  (Accessed July 12, 2011).  Searchable database given names of substitutes and the person they served for.  Lists regiment and company.


*For more information on service records see [[Union Service Records|Union Service Records]] See also [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Michigan]]
*[[7th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry|7th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1288829280203_878" />]]


=== Histories  ===
:Organized at Grand Rapids, Mich., October, 1862, to June, 1863.
:Regiment mustered out: December 15, 1865.
:Veterans and Recruits transferred to 1st Michigan Cavalry.


*Robertson, John. ''Michigan in the War, Revised''. Lansing, Michigan: W.S. George, 1882. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|264728|title-id|disp=book 977.4 M25a; film 1015816 item 1}}, and 982366 item 3; 1880 edition on film {{FSC|198087|title-id|disp=1294017}}.) ([https://books.google.com/books?id=WD_9chBj9FcC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Book-online.]) General history for the state.  Histories for each regiment.<br>
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*Ellis, Helen H., compiler.” Index to John Robertson's Michigan in the war, revised edition, Lansing, Michigan, 1882” (Ann Arbor, Michigan. University Microfilms International-Books on Demand, 1989) 5 microfiche. {{FSC|1190712|item|disp=Fiche 6078584}} Index to the book above, "Michigan in the War" <br>
*[[7th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|7th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]


*Lanman, Charles, [https://books.google.com/books?id=EWYOAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false The Red Book of Michigan: A Civil, Military and Biographical History], Publisher E.B. Smith, 1871 - Civil War Histories, Regiment histories, more
:Organized at: Monroe, Mich.  
:Mustered in: August 22, 1861
:Mustered out: July 5, 1865


*Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. [https://bentley.umich.edu/legacy-support/civilwar/ Michigan in the Civil War: A guide to the Resources in the Bentley Historical Library]..  Gives brief information about items in collection. Histories, Regiment histories and diaries of individual soldiers.  Many items available on microfilm through interlibrary loan.<br>
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*Clarke Historical Library, in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, has a great [http://clarke.cmich.edu/resource_tab/bibliographies_of_clarke_library_material/civil_war_materials/civil_war_materials_index.html Civil War collection] of published works and manuscripts. [http://clarke.cmich.edu/resource_tab/bibliographies_of_clarke_library_material/civil_war_materials/published/alpha_by_state/michigan_infantry.html Michigan Infantry] lists regimental histories at this library. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993), {{FSC|263253|item|disp=FS Catalog book 977.4 H25m}}.
*[[8th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry|8th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry]]


*Duffield, Henry Martin. ''Address at the dedication of the monuments erected by the state of Michigan to her regiments and batteries on the battlefields of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, September 18th, 1895 : delivered on the battlefield of Chickamauga.'' (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993), {{FSC|674137|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6084576}}.
:Organized at: Mt. Clemens, Mich., December 30, 1862 to May 2, 1863
:Mustered out at: Nashville, Tenn., September 22, 1865.


*''History of the Michigan organizations at Chickamauga, Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge, 1863''Lansing, Mich. : Robert Smith Printing, 1899, c1897. {{FSDL|160975}}
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*Jack Dempsey & Brian James Egen, ''Michigan at Antietam : the Wolverine State's sacrifice on America's bloodiest day'' Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2015 {{FSC|3049092|item|disp=FS Library 977.4 M2d}}
*[[8th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|8th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]


==== Officers  ====
:Regiment organized at: Grand Rapids and at Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich.
:Mustered in: September 23, 1861
:Mustered out: July 30, 1865 Washington, D.C.


*Robertson, John. ''Michigan in the War, Revised''. Lansing, Michigan: W.S. George, 1882. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|264728|title-id|disp=book 977.4 M25a; film 1015816 item 1}}, and 982366 item 3; 1880 edition on film {{FSC|198087|title-id|disp=1294017}}.) Alphabetical lists show officer's residence, enlistment date, regiment, promotions, and date mustered out.
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==== Grand Army of the Republic Veterans Organization  ====
*[[9th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry|9th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry]]


Grand Army of the Republic founded in 1866 - 1956, was the largest veteran’s organization in the country after the Civil War. It was a fraternal organization members were veterans of the Union Army, US Navy, Marines and Revenue Cutler Service who served in the American Civil War. The group supported voting rights for black veterans, and lobbied the U.S. Congress to establish veterans' pensions. In 1890 the membership was 490,000. In 1888 there were 343 posts and 21,420 members in the state of Michigan
:Organized at: Coldwater, Mich., January 8 to May 19, 1863
:Mustered out: July 21, 1865 Concord, North Carolina.


[http://www.suvcwmi.org/gar/data.html GAR Posts in the State of Michigan]
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*FamilySearch Historical Records {{RecordSearch|2351035|Michigan, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1876-1945}}
*[[9th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|9th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]


*Finding aid for the records of Michigan Department of the Grand Army of the Republic 1861-1957 {{FSDL|810145}}
:Organized at: Detroit Mich.
:Mustered in: October 15, 1861  
:Mustered out: September 15, 1865
:Discharged at: Detroit, Mich., September 26, 1865.


*Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Michigan. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973, 1991. ({{FSC|308107|title-id|disp=On 90 FS Library films}}.) Indexed. 50 volumes. Union veterans organization records show name, age, birth state, residence, occupation, service dates, and discharge cause.
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*Alonzo J. Sherman, ''List of the Grand Army of the Republic posts in Michigan, 1872-1948'' Oscoda, Michigan: Huron Shores Genealogical Society, 1994 {{FSC|737865|item|disp=FS Library 977.4 M2sa}}
*[[10th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry|10th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry]]


==== Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War  ====
:Organized at: Grand Rapids, Mich., September 18 to November 23, 1863:Mustered in: November 18, 1863
:Mustered out: November 11, 1865 West Tennessee.


With the death of the last member of the Grand Army of the Republic the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War was formed.
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=== Post War Records  ===
*[[10th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|10th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]


*Clinton County Historical Society (Mich.). United States Civil War Soldiers Living in Michigan in 1894. St. Johns, Mich. (P.O. Box 23, St. Johns): Genealogists of the Clinton County Historical Society, 1988. {{FSC|678608|item|disp=FS Catalog book 977.4 M2c}}. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/united-states-civil-war-soldiers-living-in-michigan-in-1894/oclc/19282658&referer=brief_results Other Libaries.]
:Organized at: Flint, Mich.  
:Mustered in: February 6, 1862
:Mustered out: July 19, 1865
:Discharged at Jackson, Mich., August 1, 1865.


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=== References  ===
*[[11th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry|11th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry]]
 
:Organized at: Kalamazoo and Detroit, Mich., October 7 to December 10, 1863
:Consolidated with 8th Michigan Cavalry July 20, 1865.
 
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*[[11th Regiment, Michigan Infantry (1st organization)|11th Regiment, Michigan Infantry (1st organization)]]
 
:Organized at: White Pigeon, Mich.
:Mustered in: September 24, 1861.
:Mustered out: September 30, 1864.
:Recruits formed into a detachment and transferred to 11th Regiment reorganized
 
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*[[11th Regiment, Michigan Infantry (2nd organization)|11th Regiment, Michigan Infantry (2nd organization)]]
 
:Organized at: Jackson, Mich., January 4 to February 26, 1865
:mustered out: September 16, 1865 Nashville, Tennessee
 
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*[[12th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry|12th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry]]
 
:"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.
 
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*[[12th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|12th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at: Niles, Dowagiac and Buchanan, Mich., December 9, 1861, to March 1, 1862.
:Mustered in March 5, 1862
:Regiment assembled at Camden and mustered out: February 15, 1866.
 
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*[[13th Regiment , Michigan Infantry|13th Regiment , Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at: Kalamazoo, Mich.
:Mustered in: January 17, 1862.
:Mustered out: July 25, 1865
 
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*[[13th Independent Battery, Michigan Light Artillery|13th Independent Battery, Michigan Light Artillery]]
 
:Organized at: Grand Rapids, Mich.
:Mustered in January 20, 1864
:Mustered out July 1, 1865 Jackson, Michigan.
 
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*[[14th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|14th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at: Ypsilanti and Detroit, Mich., January 7 to February 18, 1862:Mustered in: February 13, 1862
:Mustered out: July 18, 1865
 
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*[[14th Independent Battery, Michigan Light Artillery|14th Independent Battery, Michigan Light Artillery]]
 
:Organized at: Kalamazoo, Mich.
:Mustered in January 5, 1864
:mustered out July 1, 1865
 
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*[[15th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|15th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at Detroit, Monroe and Grand Rapids, Mich., October 16, 1861, to March 13, 1862.
:Mustered in March 20, 1862
:Mustered out August 18, 1865.
 
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*[[16th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|16th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at: Plymouth and Detroit, Mich., July to September, 1861.
:Mustered out July 8, 1865
 
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*[[17th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|17th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at: Detroit, Mich., August 8 to 22, 1862.
:Mustered out June 3, 1865.
 
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*[[18th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|18th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at: Hillsdale, Mich.
:Mustered in: August 26, 1862
:Mustered out: June 26, 1865 Nashville, Tennessee
 
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*[[19th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|19th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at: Dowagiac
:Mustered in: September 5, 1862
:Mustered out June 10, 1865.
 
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*[[20th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|20th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at: Jackson, Mich., August 15-19, 1862
:Mustered out May 30, 1865.
 
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*[[21st Regiment, Michigan Infantry|21st Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at: Ionia and Grand Rapids
:Mustered in September 9, 1862
:Mustered out June 8, 1865.
 
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*[[22nd Regiment, Michigan Infantry|22nd Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at: Pontiac, Mich.
:Mustered in August 29, 1862
:Mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., June 26, 1865.
 
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*[[23rd Regiment, Michigan Infantry|23rd Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at: East Saginaw, Mich.
:Mustered in September 13, 1862.
:Mustered out June 28, 1865.
 
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*[[24th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|24th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at: Detroit, Mich.
:Mustered in August 15, 1862.
:Regiment selected as escort at funeral of President Lincoln.
:Mustered out June 30, 1865.
 
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*[[25th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|25th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at: Kalamazoo, Mich.
:Mustered in: September 22, 1862.
:Mustered out: June 24, 1865.
 
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*[[26th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|26th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at: Jackson, Mich., September 10 to December 12, 1862.
:Mustered in December 12, 1862.
:Mustered out June 4, 1865.
 
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*[[27th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|27th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at: Port Huron, Ovid and Ypsilanti, Mich.
:Mustered in April 10, 1863.
:Mustered out July 26, 1865.
 
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*[[28th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|28th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at: Kalamazoo and Marshall, Mich., by consolidation of 28th and 29th Michigan Infantry on October 26, 1864.
:Mustered out June 6, 1866.
 
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*[[29th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|29th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at: East Saginaw, Mich.
:Mustered in October 3, 1864.
:Mustered out: September 6
:Discharged at Detroit, Mich., September 12, 1865.
 
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*[[30th Regiment, Michigan Infantry|30th Regiment, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:Organized at Detroit, Mich., for 12 months' service in the State
:Mustered in January 9, 1865.
:Mustered out June 30, 1865.
 
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*[[Chadwick's Company, Michigan Engineers|Chadwick's Company, Michigan Engineers]]
 
:"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.
 
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*[[Chadwick's Engineer Recruits, Michigan Volunteers|Chadwick's Engineer Recruits, Michigan Volunteers]]
 
:"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.
 
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*[[Chandler Horse Guards Squadron, Michigan Cavalry|Chandler Horse Guards Squadron, Michigan Cavalry]]
 
:"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.
 
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*[[Hall's Independent Battalion, Michigan Sharpshooters|Hall's Independent Battalion, Michigan Sharpshooters]]
 
:Organized at: Marshall, Mich., August 27 to November 2, 1864.
:Attached to 16th Michigan Infantry Consolidated with that Regiment April 10, 1865.
 
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*[[Howland's Independent Company, Michigan Engineers|Howland's Independent Company, Michigan Engineers]]
 
:Organized at: Battle Creek, Mich., September 16, 1861.
:Mustered out January 8, 1862.
 
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*[[Robinson's Company A, Provost Guards, Michigan Infantry|Robinson's Company A, Provost Guards, Michigan Infantry]]
 
:"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.
 
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*Unassigned Michigan Cavalry
 
:"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.
 
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*Unassigned Michigan Infantry&nbsp;:"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.
 
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*Unassigned Michigan Volunteers
 
:"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.
 
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*Unassigned Regiment, Michigan
 
:"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.
 
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*Unassigned Drafted, Michigan
 
:"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.
 
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*Unassigned Michigan
 
:"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.
 
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<references />
*[[Wormer's Company, Stanton Guards, Michigan Infantry|Wormer's Company, Stanton Guards, Michigan Infantry]]


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:Organized at: Detroit, Mich., May 10, 1862.
:Mustered out: September 25, 1862.


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Regiments[edit | edit source]

Battery "A" 1st Regiment Light Artillery. ("Loomis' Battery," "Coldwater Artillery."
Mustered in: May 28, 1861.
Length of service: Battery reorganized for three years service.
Mustered out: July 12, 1865, at Jackson, Mich.


Battery "B" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at: Grand Rapids and Detroit, Mich., September 10 to December 14, 1861.
mustered out: June 14, 1865.


Battery "C" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Mustered in: November 28, 1861 Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Mustered out: at Detroit, Mich., June 22, 1865.


Battery "D" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at: White Pigeon, Mich., September 17 to December 7, 1861
Mustered out: August 3, 1865.


Battery "E" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at Grand Rapids, Albion and Marshall, Mich.
mustered in December 6, 1861.
Mustered out July 30, 1865.


Battery "F" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at: Detroit and Coldwater, Mich
Mustered in January 9, 1862
Mustered out July 1, 1865


Battery "G" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at: Kalamazoo, Mich
Mustered in: January 17, 1862
Mustered out August 6, 1865


Battery "H" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at: Monroe, Mich.
Mustered in: March 6, 1862
Mustered out: Jackson, Mich., July 22, 1865.


Battery "I" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at: Detroit, Mich.
Mustered in: August 29, 1862
Mustered out: July 14, 1865 Jackson, Mich.


Battery "K" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at: Grand Rapids, Mich., November 21, 1862, to February 20, 1863
Mustered out: mustered out July 22, 1865, Detroit, Mich.


Battery "L" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at: Coldwater, Mich.
Mustered in: April 11, 1863
Mustered out: August 22, 1865, Jackson, Mich.


Battery "M" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at: Detroit, Mt. Clemens and Dearborn, and organization completed June 30, 1863
Mustered out: August 1, 1865, Jackson, Mich.


Organized at: Marshall, Mich., September 12, 1861
Mustered in: to date October 29, 1861
Mustered out September 22, 1865
Discharged at Jackson, Mich., October 1, 1865.


Organized at: Detroit, Mich.
Mustered in: September 16, 1861
Mustered out: July 9, 1865.


Organized at: Detroit, Saginaw and St. John, Mich. November 30, 1861, to February 20, 1862.
Mustered out: March 20, 1862.


Organized at: Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich.
Mustered into United States service May 1, 1861
Length of service: 3 months
Mustered out: August 7, 1861.


Organized at: Detroit, Mich., August 21 to September 6, 1861
Mustered in: September 13, 1861
Mustered out: March 10, 1866


Organized at: Kalamazoo and Dearborn, Mich., April 14 to October 7, 1863. :Mustered in July 7, 1863
Mustered out July 28, 1865, Washington D. C.


Organized at: Detroit, Mich.
Mustered in: October 2, 1861
Mustered out: August 17, 1865.



Organized at: Detroit, Mich., May 25, 1861.
Length of service: 3 Years
Mustered out: July 29, and discharged at Detroit, Mich., August 1, 1865.


Organized at: Grand Rapids, Mich., August 24 to November 28, 1861.
Mustered out: February 12, 1866
Discharged at: Jackson, Mich., March 15, 1866


Organized at: Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mustered into State service May 21, 1861.
Mustered into United States service June 10, 1861
Non-veterans mustered out: June 10, 1864.
Veterans and Recruits transferred to 5th Michigan Infantry June 13, 1864.


Organized at: Grand Rapids, Adrian and Pontiac, Mich., August 24 to October 12, 1864.
Mustered in: October 15, 1864
Mustered out at: Victoria May 26, 1866
Discharged at: Detroit, Mich., June 10, 1866.


Organized at: Detroit, Mich.
Mustered in August 28, 1862.
Mustered out July 1, 1865.


Organized at: Adrian, Mich.
Mustered in: June 20, 1861
Mustered out June 30, 1864.
Veterans and Recruits transferred to 1st Michigan Infantry.


Organized at: Adrian and Hudson, Mich.
Mustered in October 14, 1864
Mustered out: Houston, Texas, May 26,1866
Discharged: Detroit, Mich., June 10, 1866.


Regiment organized at Detroit, Mich.
Mustered in August 30, 1862.
Mustered out: June 23, 1865.
Veterans and Recruits transferred to 1st Michigan Cavalry.


Organized at: Detroit, Mich.
Mustered in: August 28, 1861.
Mustered out: July 5, 1865 Jeffersonville, Indiana.


Organized at: Kalamazoo, Mich.
Mustered in August 20, 1861
Mustered out: August 20, 1865
Discharged at: Jackson, Mich., September 5, 1865.


Organized at: Grand Rapids, Mich., May 28 to October 13, 1862.
Mustered in October 13, 1862.
Ordered to rejoin Regiment in Army of the Potomac April 25, and joined May 3, 1864.
Consolidated with 1st Michigan Cavalry November 7, 1865.


Organized at Grand Rapids, Mich., October, 1862, to June, 1863.
Regiment mustered out: December 15, 1865.
Veterans and Recruits transferred to 1st Michigan Cavalry.


Organized at: Monroe, Mich.
Mustered in: August 22, 1861
Mustered out: July 5, 1865


Organized at: Mt. Clemens, Mich., December 30, 1862 to May 2, 1863
Mustered out at: Nashville, Tenn., September 22, 1865.


Regiment organized at: Grand Rapids and at Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich.
Mustered in: September 23, 1861
Mustered out: July 30, 1865 Washington, D.C.


Organized at: Coldwater, Mich., January 8 to May 19, 1863
Mustered out: July 21, 1865 Concord, North Carolina.


Organized at: Detroit Mich.
Mustered in: October 15, 1861
Mustered out: September 15, 1865
Discharged at: Detroit, Mich., September 26, 1865.


Organized at: Grand Rapids, Mich., September 18 to November 23, 1863:Mustered in: November 18, 1863
Mustered out: November 11, 1865 West Tennessee.


Organized at: Flint, Mich.
Mustered in: February 6, 1862
Mustered out: July 19, 1865
Discharged at Jackson, Mich., August 1, 1865.


Organized at: Kalamazoo and Detroit, Mich., October 7 to December 10, 1863
Consolidated with 8th Michigan Cavalry July 20, 1865.


Organized at: White Pigeon, Mich.
Mustered in: September 24, 1861.
Mustered out: September 30, 1864.
Recruits formed into a detachment and transferred to 11th Regiment reorganized


Organized at: Jackson, Mich., January 4 to February 26, 1865
mustered out: September 16, 1865 Nashville, Tennessee


"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


Organized at: Niles, Dowagiac and Buchanan, Mich., December 9, 1861, to March 1, 1862.
Mustered in March 5, 1862
Regiment assembled at Camden and mustered out: February 15, 1866.


Organized at: Kalamazoo, Mich.
Mustered in: January 17, 1862.
Mustered out: July 25, 1865


Organized at: Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mustered in January 20, 1864
Mustered out July 1, 1865 Jackson, Michigan.


Organized at: Ypsilanti and Detroit, Mich., January 7 to February 18, 1862:Mustered in: February 13, 1862
Mustered out: July 18, 1865


Organized at: Kalamazoo, Mich.
Mustered in January 5, 1864
mustered out July 1, 1865


Organized at Detroit, Monroe and Grand Rapids, Mich., October 16, 1861, to March 13, 1862.
Mustered in March 20, 1862
Mustered out August 18, 1865.


Organized at: Plymouth and Detroit, Mich., July to September, 1861.
Mustered out July 8, 1865


Organized at: Detroit, Mich., August 8 to 22, 1862.
Mustered out June 3, 1865.


Organized at: Hillsdale, Mich.
Mustered in: August 26, 1862
Mustered out: June 26, 1865 Nashville, Tennessee


Organized at: Dowagiac
Mustered in: September 5, 1862
Mustered out June 10, 1865.


Organized at: Jackson, Mich., August 15-19, 1862
Mustered out May 30, 1865.


Organized at: Ionia and Grand Rapids
Mustered in September 9, 1862
Mustered out June 8, 1865.


Organized at: Pontiac, Mich.
Mustered in August 29, 1862
Mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., June 26, 1865.


Organized at: East Saginaw, Mich.
Mustered in September 13, 1862.
Mustered out June 28, 1865.


Organized at: Detroit, Mich.
Mustered in August 15, 1862.
Regiment selected as escort at funeral of President Lincoln.
Mustered out June 30, 1865.


Organized at: Kalamazoo, Mich.
Mustered in: September 22, 1862.
Mustered out: June 24, 1865.


Organized at: Jackson, Mich., September 10 to December 12, 1862.
Mustered in December 12, 1862.
Mustered out June 4, 1865.


Organized at: Port Huron, Ovid and Ypsilanti, Mich.
Mustered in April 10, 1863.
Mustered out July 26, 1865.


Organized at: Kalamazoo and Marshall, Mich., by consolidation of 28th and 29th Michigan Infantry on October 26, 1864.
Mustered out June 6, 1866.


Organized at: East Saginaw, Mich.
Mustered in October 3, 1864.
Mustered out: September 6
Discharged at Detroit, Mich., September 12, 1865.


Organized at Detroit, Mich., for 12 months' service in the State
Mustered in January 9, 1865.
Mustered out June 30, 1865.


"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


Organized at: Marshall, Mich., August 27 to November 2, 1864.
Attached to 16th Michigan Infantry Consolidated with that Regiment April 10, 1865.


Organized at: Battle Creek, Mich., September 16, 1861.
Mustered out January 8, 1862.


"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


  • Unassigned Michigan Cavalry
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


  • Unassigned Michigan Infantry :"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


  • Unassigned Michigan Volunteers
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


  • Unassigned Regiment, Michigan
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


  • Unassigned Drafted, Michigan
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


  • Unassigned Michigan
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


Organized at: Detroit, Mich., May 10, 1862.
Mustered out: September 25, 1862.
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