Michigan in the Civil War

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Regiments

• 1st Regiment, Michigan Light Artillery

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, Michigan.

Battery "B" 1st Regiment Light Artillery

Organized at: Grand Rapids and Detroit, Michigan, 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, Michigan, June 22, 1865.

Battery "D" 1st Regiment Light Artillery

Organized at: White Pigeon, Michigan, September 17 to December 7, 1861.

Mustered out:  August 3, 1865.

Battery "E" 1st Regiment Light Artillery

Organized at: Grand Rapids, Albion and Marshall, Michigan.  Mustered in: December 6, 1861.

Mustered out: July 30, 1865.

Battery "F" 1st Regiment Light Artillery

Organized at: Detroit and Coldwater, Michigan. Mustered in: January 9, 1862 .

Mustered out: July 1, 1865.

Battery "G" 1st Regiment Light Artillery

Organized at: Kalamazoo, Michigan. Mustered in: January 17, 1862.

Mustered out: August 6, 1865 .

Battery "H" 1st Regiment Light Artillery

Organized at: Monroe, Michigan.  Mustered in: March 6, 1862 .

Mustered out: Jackson, Michigan, July 22, 1865.

Battery "I" 1st Regiment Light Artillery

Organized at: Detroit, Michigan. Mustered in: August 29, 1862.

Mustered out: July 14, 1865 Jackson, Michigan.

Battery "K" 1st Regiment Light Artillery

Organized at: Grand Rapids, Michigan, November 21, 1862, to February 20, 1863.

Mustered out: mustered out July 22, 1865, Detroit, Michigan.

Battery "L" 1st Regiment Light Artillery

Organized at: Coldwater, Michigan . Mustered in: April 11, 1863.

Mustered out:  August 22, 1865, Jackson, Michigan.

Battery "M" 1st Regiment Light Artillery

Organized at:  Detroit, Mt. Clemens and Dearborn, Michigan   June 30, 1863.

Mustered out: August 1, 1865, Jackson, Michigan.

• 1st Regiment, Engineers and Mechanics, Michigan

Organized at: Marshall, Michigan, September 12, 1861.  Mustered in: October 29, 1861.

Mustered out: September 22, 1865.  Discharged at Jackson, Michigan, October 1, 1865.

• 1st Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Detroit, Michigan. Mustered in: September 16, 1861.

Mustered out July 9, 1865.

• 1st Regiment, United States Lancers, Michigan Cavalry

Organized at  Detroit, Saginaw and St. John, Michigan November 30, 1861, to February 20, 1862.

Mustered out  March 20, 1862.

• 1st Regiment, Michigan Infantry (3 months, 1861)

Organized at: Fort Wayne, Detroit, Michigan.  Mustered into United States service May 1, 1861

Length of service: 3 months.

Mustered out: August 7, 1861.

• 1st Regiment, Michigan Cavalry

Organized at: Detroit, Michigan, August 21 to September 6, 1861.  Mustered in: September 13, 1861.

Mustered out: March 10, 1866.

• 1st Regiment, Michigan Sharpshooters

Organized at: Kalamazoo and Dearborn, Michigan, April 14 to October 7, 1863. Mustered in: July 7, 1863.

Mustered out: July 28, 1865, Washington D. C.

• 2nd Regiment, Michigan Cavalry

Organized at: Detroit, Michigan.  Mustered in: October 2, 1861.

Mustered out: August 17, 1865.

• 2nd Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Detroit, Michigan, May 25, 1861.

Length of service: 3 Years

Mustered out: July 29, and discharged at Detroit, Michigan, August 1, 1865.

• 3rd Regiment, Michigan Cavalry

Organized at: Grand Rapids, Michigan, August 24 to November 28, 1861.

Mustered out: February 12, 1866.  Discharged at: Jackson, Michigan, March 15, 1866

• 3rd Regiment, Michigan Infantry (1st organization)

Organized at: Grand Rapids, Michigan.  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.

• 3rd Regiment, Michigan Infantry (2nd organization)

Organized at: Grand Rapids, Adrian and Pontiac, Michigan, August 24 to October 12, 1864.

Mustered in: October 15, 1864

Mustered out:  Victoria May 26, 1866.  Discharged at: Detroit, Michigan, June 10, 1866.

• 4th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry

Organized at: Detroit, Michigan.  Mustered in: August 28, 1862. .

Mustered out: July 1, 1865.

• 4th Regiment, Michigan Infantry (1st organization)

Organized at: Adrian, Michigan.  Mustered in: June 20, 1861.

Mustered out: June 30, 1864.  Veterans and Recruits transferred to 1st Michigan Infantry.

• 4th Regiment, Michigan Infantry (2nd organization)

Organized at: Adrian and Hudson, Michigan.  Mustered in: October 14, 1864.

Mustered out: Houston, Texas, May 26,1866.  Discharged: Detroit, Michigan, June 10, 1866.

• 5th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry

Regiment organized at:  Detroit, Michigan.  Mustered in:  August 30, 1862.

Mustered out: June 23, 1865.  Veterans and Recruits transferred to 1st Michigan Cavalry.

• 5th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Detroit, Mich.

Mustered in: August 28, 1861.

Mustered out: July 5, 1865 Jeffersonville, Indiana.

• 6th Regiment, Michigan Heavy Artillery

Organized at: Kalamazoo, Michigan.  Mustered in August 20, 1861.

Mustered out: August 20, 1865.  Discharged at: Jackson, Michigan, September 5, 1865.

• 6th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry

Organized at: Grand Rapids, Michigan, 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.

• 7th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry

Organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan, October, 1862, to June, 1863.

Regiment mustered out: December 15, 1865. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 1st Michigan Cavalry.

• 7th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Monroe, Michigan.  Mustered in: August 22, 1861.

Mustered out: July 5, 1865.

• 8th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry

Organized at: Mt. Clemens, Michigan, December 30, 1862 to May 2, 1863.

Mustered out at: Nashville, Tennessee, September 22, 1865.

• 8th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Regiment organized at: Grand Rapids and at Fort Wayne, Detroit, Michigan.  Mustered in: September 23, 1861

Mustered out: July 30, 1865 Washington, D.C.

• 9th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry

Organized at: Coldwater, Michigan, January 8 to May 19, 1863

Mustered out: July 21, 1865 Concord, North Carolina.

• 9th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Detroit Michigan.  Mustered in: October 15, 1861.

Mustered out: September 15, 1865.  Discharged at: Detroit, Michigan, September 26, 1865.

• 10th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry

Organized at: Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 18 to November 23, 1863.  Mustered in: November 18, 1863

Mustered out: November 11, 1865 West Tennessee.

• 10th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Flint, Michigan.   Mustered in: February 6, 1862.

Mustered out: July 19, 1865.  Discharged at Jackson, Michigan, August 1, 1865.

• 11th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry

Organized at: Kalamazoo and Detroit, Michigan, October 7 to December 10, 1863

Consolidated with 8th Michigan Cavalry July 20, 1865.

• 11th Regiment, Michigan Infantry (1st organization)

Organized at: White Pigeon, Michigan.  Mustered in: September 24, 1861.

Mustered out: September 30, 1864.  Recruits formed into a detachment and transferred to 11th Regiment reorganized

• 11th Regiment, Michigan Infantry (2nd organization)

Organized at: Jackson, Michigan, January 4 to February 26, 1865.

Mustered out: September 16, 1865 Nashville, Tennessee.

• 12th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry

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

• 12th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Niles, Dowagiac and Buchanan, Michigan, December 9, 1861, to March 1, 1862.  Mustered in: March 5, 1862.

Regiment assembled at Camden and mustered out: February 15, 1866.

• 13th Regiment , Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Kalamazoo, Michigan.  Mustered in: January 17, 1862.

Mustered out: July 25, 1865.

• 13th Independent Battery, Michigan Light Artillery

Organized at: Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Mustered in: January 20, 1864

Mustered out: July 1, 1865 Jackson, Michigan.

• 14th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Ypsilanti and Detroit, Michigan, January 7 to February 18, 1862.  Mustered in: February 13, 1862

Mustered out: July 18, 1865

• 14th Independent Battery, Michigan Light Artillery

Organized at: Kalamazoo, Michigan.  Mustered in: January 5, 1864.

Mustered out: July 1, 1865.

• 15th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at Detroit, Monroe and Grand Rapids, Michigan, October 16, 1861, to March 13, 1862.  Mustered in: March 20, 1862.

Mustered out:  August 18, 1865.

• 16th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Plymouth and Detroit, Michigan, July to September, 1861.

Mustered out: July 8, 1865.

• 17th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Detroit, Michigan, August 8 to 22, 1862.

Mustered out: June 3, 1865.

• 18th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Hillsdale, Michigan.  Mustered in: August 26, 1862.

Mustered out: June 26, 1865 Nashville, Tennessee.

• 19th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Dowagiac, Michigan.  Mustered in: September 5, 1862.

Mustered out June 10, 1865.

• 20th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Jackson, Michigan, August 15-19, 1862.

Mustered out: May 30, 1865.

• 21st Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Ionia and Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Mustered in: September 9, 1862.

Mustered out: June 8, 1865.

• 22nd Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Pontiac, Michigan.  Mustered in:  August 29, 1862.

Mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., June 26, 1865.

• 23rd Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: East Saginaw, Michigan.  Mustered in: September 13, 1862.

Mustered out: June 28, 1865.

• 24th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Detroit, Michigan.  Mustered in:  August 15, 1862.

Regiment selected as escort at funeral of President Lincoln.

Mustered out:  June 30, 1865.

• 25th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Kalamazoo, Michigan.  Mustered in: September 22, 1862.

Mustered out: June 24, 1865.

• 26th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Jackson, Michigan, September 10 to December 12, 1862.  Mustered in: December 12, 1862.

Mustered out:  June 4, 1865.

• 27th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Port Huron, Ovid and Ypsilanti, Michigan.  Mustered in: April 10, 1863.

Mustered out: July 26, 1865.

• 28th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Kalamazoo and Marshall, Michigan, by consolidation of 28th and 29th Michigan Infantry on October 26, 1864.

Mustered out: June 6, 1866.

• 29th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: East Saginaw, Michigan.  Mustered in: October 3, 1864.

Mustered out: September 6.  Discharged at Detroit, Michigan, September 12, 1865.

• 30th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

Organized at Detroit, Michigan, for 12 months' service in the State.  Mustered in: January 9, 1865.

Mustered out: June 30, 1865.

• Chadwick's Company, Michigan Engineers

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

• Chadwick's Engineer Recruits, Michigan Volunteers

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

• Chandler Horse Guards Squadron, Michigan Cavalry

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

• Hall's Independent Battalion, Michigan Sharpshooters

Organized at: Marshall, Michigan, August 27 to November 2, 1864.

Attached to 16th Michigan Infantry Consolidated with that Regiment April 10, 1865.

• Howland's Independent Company, Michigan Engineers

Organized at: Battle Creek, Michigan, September 16, 1861.

Mustered out: January 8, 1862.

• 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.

• 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.

• Wormer's Company, Stanton Guards, Michigan Infantry

Organized at: Detroit, Mich., May 10, 1862.

Mustered out: September 25, 1862.