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As a favor to Harvey Leva---(12-2-07) I have a hand-written Muster Roll from H Company, First Regiment of the Michigan Sharpshooters dated May 1864. It is on white (ivory now) paper, approx 30 wide by 21 high and is pretty good condition...99% legible with some tattering along the edges and where it had be folded and refolded. The names on the pay record and other data are clearly readable. Most of these soldiers were from the Detroit area and other cities in Michigan. Significant are about two dozen names killed or missing in action in the battle at Petersburg, Va on June 13, 1864. I inherited this document from my grandfather but since he had no connection with the civil war, I do not know how he came into possession of this obviously authentic record. I wish to donate this with the only provision that I be provided with a estimate of its value for tax deductible purposes. Please forward this to any organization that would have an interest. Thank you, Harvey Leva 1720 Maple Ave. #1050 Evanston, IL 60201 847-733-1940
Michigan in the War," by Jonathan Robertson, adjutant general. Originally published in 1882 at Lansing, Michigan, the book was revised in 1880, includes military history, regiment by regiment. 1039 page reprint now available for $ 75.00.
Michigan in the Civil War Website
1st Michigan Sharpshooters....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."
1st Michigan Sharpshooters: "These Men Have Seen Hard Service" by Raymond J. Herek. This is the COMPLETE story of the 1st Michigan Sharpshooters. Company K of this regiment was made up of Native Americans - the only Indians to serve in the Army of the Potomac - their story is told here for the first time! From prison guards at Camp Douglas, Chicago, to the battles of The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and the terrible siege at Petersburg, the men of this regiment "saw hard service". Some won the Congressional Medal of Honor, some led the fight against the Raiders at Andersonville, some survived the Sultana disaster. The book is a thick one - over 560 pages. It costs $40.00 but is well worth the price. Ray Herek is a master storyteller. You can call Wayne State University Press toll free 1-800-978-7323 to order a copy, or ask for it at your local bookstore. It is a new book, first published May 1998. Thanks to Chris Czopek, Lansing's History Detective cbphoto@arq.net for providing this information to me on this book.
1st Michigan....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."
1st Michigan Engineers Website
2nd Michigan....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."
2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry, "For Country, Cause, and Leader: The Civil War Journal of Charles B. Haydon, Second Michigan Infantry," by Charles B. Haydon. Edited by Stephen Sears. 1993 issue, 480 pages, cost $ 25.00.
2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Website
3rd Michigan....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."
3rd Michigan, "Four Years Campaigning in the Army of the Potomac, " by D.G. Crotty, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Originally released in 1874 this is the memoir of Color Sergeant Daniel Crotty, who served from Bull Run to Appomottax in the 3rd and 2nd Corps. 1st hand battle accounts of Williamsburg, 7 Days, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, etc. This reprint costs $ 25.00, 215 pages, hardcover, index, many unpublished photos.
3rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Website
(Another) 3rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Website
4th Michigan....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."
4th Michigan, "The Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry at Gettysburg: The Battle for the Wheatfield," by Martin Bertera and Ken Oberholtzer. Originally published in 1997 by Morningside Publishing, Dayton, Ohio, the 4th Michigan fought at Malvern Hill, 2nd Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Brandy Station, Spotsylvania, and Petersburg from June 1861 to June 1864. With index, photos, burial sites, maps, rosters, costs $ 25.00
5th Michigan....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."
5th Michigan, "Four Years Campaigning in the Army of the Potomac," by D.G. Crotty. 1874 Memoir of Color Sergeant Daniel Crotty, who served from Bull Run to Appomottax in the 3rd and 2nd Corps. 1st hand battle accounts of Williamsburg, 7 Days, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, etc. cost $ 25.00, 215 pages, hardcover, index, many unpublished photos.
5th Michigan Regiment Volunteer Infantry Website, (including the 5th Michigan Regiment Band)
6th Michigan, "Among the Cotton Thieves," by Colonel Edward Bacon, Sixth Michigan Volunteer Regiment. Originally published in 1867 by the Free Press Steam Book and Job Printing House, Detroit, Michigan. This unit was organized at Kalamazoo, Michigan and during July, 1863 reorganized as the 1st Michigan Heavy Artillery, and would contribute to the Union's efforts in the Western Theater of Warfare. Although it may be difficult to locate an original copy of this book, you can pick up a copy of a 1989 reprint by Everett Company, Bossier City, Louisiana, with an introduction by my friend, Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr., with 238 pages, photos, cost $ 19.95. An account of the 6th Michigan, primarily which stationed at Port Hudson, Louisiana.
7th Michigan....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."
7th Michigan, "Regimental History of the Seventh Michigan Volunteer Infantry," with roll call, photos, battle histories, and stories regarding individual soldiers during and after the Civil War. Over 400 pages of information about the Michigan men who served in this outstanding regiment. Costs $ 34.95, postage paid, by the Civil War Associates, 6200 Blanchett Road, Newport, MI 48166.
7th Michigan Regiment Volunteer Re-enactor's Infantry Website
8th Michigan....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."
8th Michigan, "The Diary of Captain Ralph Ely of the Eighth Michigan Infantry," by George M. Blackburn. Originally published in 1965 at Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
10th Michigan - Organized at Flint, Mich., and mustered in February 6, 1862. Left State for Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 22. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army Mississippi, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 13th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE--Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30, 1862. Actions at Farmington, Miss., May 3 and 9. Reconnoissance toward Corinth May 8. Occupation of Corinth May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Tuscumbia Creek May 31-June 1. Reconnoissance toward Baldwyn June 3. In camp near Corinth until July 20. Moved to Tuscumbia July 20-25, and duty there until September. March to Nashville, Tenn., September 3-15. Siege of Nashville, Tenn., September 15-November 7. Duty at Nashville, Tenn., until January, 1863. Guard trains to Murfreesboro, Tenn., January 2-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until August. Mill Creek near Murfreesboro January 25 (Co. "I"). Antioch Station April 10. March to Columbia, Tenn., then via Athens and Huntsville to Stevenson, Ala., August 19-September 7. Moved to Bridgeport, Ala., September 20, then to Anderson's Cross Roads October 1, and to Smith's Ferry, Tenn., October 18-26. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 24-25. Mission Ridge November 25. Chickamauga Station November 26. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 19. At Chattanooga December 19. Demonstration on Dalton February 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap, and Rocky Faced Ridge, February 23-25. (Regiment participated in this demonstration and actions while awaiting Veteran furlough, suffering a loss of over 60 men killed, wounded and missing.) Veterans absent on furlough until May 11. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 11-September 8. Rome May 17-18. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Pursuit of Hood October 2-10. Florence October 6-7. At Chattanooga, Tenn., October 13-18, and at Rome, Ga., until October 31. March to Atlanta via Kingston and Cartersville, destroying railroad and bridges the entire distance, November 1-15. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Louisville November 30. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Near Fayetteville, N. C., March 13. Averysboro March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 17. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 13, and duty there until July 19. Mustered out July 19, and discharged at Jackson, Mich., August 1, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 95 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 223 Enlisted men by disease. Total 327.
13th Michigan Infantry Regiment: Organized at Kalamazoo, Mich., and mustered in January 17, 1862. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., February 12. Attached to 15th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to March, 1862. 20th Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 20th Brigade, 6th Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 21st Army Corps, to April, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 21st Army Corps, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1863. Engineer Brigade, Dept. of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE--March from Nashville, Tenn., to Savannah, Tenn., to reinforce Army of the Tennessee, March 29-April 7, 1862. Battle of Shiloh April 7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville June 1-12. Buell's operations in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee on line of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad June to August. Duty at Stevenson, Ala., July 18 to August 31, building forts and stockades and guarding the railroad. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 31-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Wild Cat, Ky., October 1-16. Nelson's Cross Roads October 18. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7. Duty at Nashville, Tenn., until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. At Hillsboro, Tenn., until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22, Expedition from Tracy City to Tennessee River August 22-24 (Detachment). Occupation of Chattanooga September 9. Lee and Gordon's Mills September 17-18. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-25. Stationed on the Chickamauga; engaged in picket duty and cutting timber for warehouses in Chattanooga until February 17, 1864. Engineer duty at Chattanooga and stationed at Lookout Mountain constructing military hospitals until September, 1864. Relieved from Engineer duty and pursuit of Forest into Northern Alabama September 25-October 17. Joined Sherman's army at Kingston, Ga., November 7. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Skirmishes at Dalton, Ga., November 30 and December 5 (Detachments). Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Averysboro, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 9-15. Mustered out July 25, 1865.
Regiment lost during services 4 Officers and 68 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 314 Enlisted men by disease. Total 388.
16th Michigan....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."
16th Michigan, "History of the Sixteenth Michigan Infantry," by Kim Crawford available at Morningside Books for $45. (Thanks to James Sontag for supplying this info. to add to my website. 7/10/04).
17th Michigan....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."
17th Michigan Infantry Regiment of Volunteers: ("Stonewall Regiment"). Organized at Detroit, Mich., August 8 to 22, 1862. Left State for Washington, D.C., August 27. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1863. Army of the Ohio to June, 1863, and Army of the Tennessee to August, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Ohio, and Army Potomac, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1864. Acting Engineers, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, to September, 1864. Acting Engineers, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to April, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Maryland Campaign September 6-22, 1862. Battle of South Mountain September 14. (Regiment afterwards designated the "Stonewall Regiment" for its achievements in this battle.) Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland until October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 18. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 14, then to Louisville, Ky., March 19. To Bardstown, Ky., March 29. To Lebanon April 3. To Columbia April 29, and then to Jameston, Ky., and duty there until June 4. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 4-12. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Destruction of Mississippi Central Railroad at Madison Station July 18-20. At Milldale until August 3. Moved to Covington and Crab Orchard, Ky., August 3-24. March to Knoxville, Tenn., September 10-26. Action at Blue Springs October 10. Duty at Lenoir October 20 to November 14. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 24. Lenoir Station November 14. Action at Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Repulse of Longstreet's assault on Fort Saunders November 29. Operations in East Tennessee until March, 1864. Moved to Nicholasville, Ky., then to Annapolis, Md., March 17-April 5. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 4-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Ny River May 10; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Ox Ford May 23-24. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Six Mile House, Weldon Railroad, August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church, September 29-October 2. Reconnoissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Roads October 8. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Fort Stedman, Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Moved to Alexandria, Va., April 24-27. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June 3, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 128 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 154 Enlisted men by disease. Total 289.
18th Michigan Infantry Regiment of Volunteers: Organized at Hillsdale, Mich., and mustered in August 26, 1862. Left State for Cincinnati, Ohio, September 4. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, District of Central Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to April, 1863. Garrison at Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. Unattached, Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade, District of Nashville, Dept. of the Cumberland, January, 1864. 1st Brigade, Roussau's 3rd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. District of North Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.
SERVICE--Duty at Lexington, Ky., October, 1862, to February, 1863. March to Danville, Ky., February 21-22. Retreat to the Kentucky River February 24-27. Duty at Lexington, Ky., until March 21. Operations against Pegram's forces March 22-April 1. Action at Danville, Ky., March 24. Heckman's Bridge March 24-27. Moved to Stanford, Ky., April 2, then to Lebanon, Ky., and to Nashville, Tenn., April 7-14. Duty at Nashville, Tenn., until June 11, 1864. Moved to Decatur, Ala., June 11-12, and duty there until September 1. Operations in District of North Alabama June 24-August 20. Action at Curtiss Wells June 24. Pond Springs June 28. Expedition from Decatur to Moulton July 25. Courtland, Ala., July 25 and 27. Expedition to relief of Athens September 1-8. Athens September 2. Pursuit of Wheeler to Shoal Creek September 8-11. Action with Wheeler near Athens September 23-24 (Detachment captured). At Decatur until November 25. Defense of Decatur against Hood's attack October 26-29. March to Stevenson November 25-December 2, and duty there until December 19. Garrison duty at Decatur and along line of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad until January 11, 1865. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., January 11, and post duty there until June 20. Scout from Huntsville to New Market, etc., April 5-7. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and there mustered out June 26, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 18 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 293 Enlisted men by disease. Total 311.
19th Michigan, "They died to make Men Free," by William M. Anderson, 397 pages, maps, photos, cost of $ 30.00. Published 1980 at Berrien Springs, Michigan. "As concern for the Confederate invasion of Kentucky mounted, the 19th Michigan, organized in the late summer of 1862, was hurried to the Ohio River. That threat repulsed by others, the regiment settled into a routine of garrison duty at various sites in Kentucky. Early March 1863, the regiment fought a 5-hour battle at Thompson's Station, Tennessee. Overwhelmed and out of ammunition, the Yankees surrendered after a fierce struggle in which the 19th suffered the highest percentage of casualties of any regiment. Their early introduction to the real war continued through several weeks of captivity and subsequent incarceration at Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. The unit was paroled, reorganized, rearmed, and assigned to peace keeping duty at McMinnville, Tennessee. Here it experienced guerrilla warfare akin to that commonly associated with Kansas and Missouri. In May, the regiment became part of Joe Hooker's 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland and fought valiantly in the Atlanta Campaign, March to the Sea, and the Carolina Campaign. Writing of the Civil War in his memoirs, Sherman declared that the regiment is the family of the soldier..Henceforth, all Civil War regimental histories should be judged by the standards of excellence set by this one. (reviewed by Albert Castel)
19th Michigan, "Mine Eyes have Seen the Glory. Combat Diaries of Union Sergeant Hamlin Alexander Coe," by Hamlin Coe, with an introduction by David Coe. 1975 Reprint of 240 pages costs about $ 17.50.
20th Michigan....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."
20th Michigan, "History of the Twentieth Michigan Infantry," compiled by Byron M. Cutcheon. Originally published in Lansing, MI, and released in 1904, this first edition costs $ 250.00.
21st Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Organized at Ionia and Grand Rapids and mustered in September 9, 1862. Left State for Louisville, Ky., September 12, 1862. Attached to 37th Brigade, 11th Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 37th Brigade, 11th Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1863. Engineer Brigade, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE--Pursuit of Bragg to Crab Orchard, Ky., October 1-16, 1862. Battle of Perryville October 8. March to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., October 17-November 12. Duty at Nashville till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-25. Stationed near Chattanooga, engaged in Engineer duty, building bridges, erecting storehouses, etc., till June 11, 1864, and at Lookout Mountain building hospitals, running mills, etc., till September 20. Relieved from duty with Engineer Brigade September 20. Pursuit of Forest to Florence, Ala., September 28-October 11. Garrison duty at Dalton, Ga., October 18-30. Ordered to Join 14th Army Corps at Kingston, Ga. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Averysboro, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 17. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 8, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 80 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 291 Enlisted men by disease, Total 377.
21st Michigan Regiment Volunteer Infantry Website
22nd Regiment of Michigan Volunteer Infantry: Organized at Pontiac, Mich., and mustered in August 29, 1862. Left State for Kentucky September 4. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, District of Central Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to April, 1863. District of Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to September, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Reserve Corps, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1863. Engineer Brigade, Dept. of the Cumberland, to May, 1864. Reserve Brigade, Dept. of the Cumberland, to April, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Separate Division, District of the Etowah, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.
SERVICE--Operations in Central Kentucky September to November, 1862. Duty at Lexington, Ky., till February 21, 1863. Moved to Danville, Ky., February 21-22, and return to Lexington February 23-24, and duty there till March 21. Operations against Pegram March 21-April 2. Action at Danville March 24. Hickman's Bridge March 24-27. At Stanford till April 8. March to Lebanon April 8-10, thence moved to Nashville, Tenn., April 12-14. Duty at Nashville and guarding railroad April 14 to September 5, 1863. Moved to Bridgeport, Ala., September 5-6; to Rossville, Ga., September 13-14. Reconnoissance to Ringgold, Ga., and skirmish September 17, Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Duty at Moccasin Point; engaged in Engineer duty till October 28. At Wauhatchie, Tenn., October 28-30. Regiment attached to Engineer Brigade November 2, and engaged in building road from Chattanooga to Brown's Ferry November 2-21. Laid pontoon bridge for crossing of Sherman's army November 22. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-25. Moved to Lookout Mountain December 1, and engaged in repairing railroad till December 16. Building storehouses in Chattanooga, cutting and rafting timber and similar Engineer duty till May 26, 1864. March to Brown's Mill Creek May 26-31 and Joined Headquarters, Army of the Cumberland. Assigned to provost duty at Headquarters, Army of the Cumberland, participating in the following service: Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June 1 to September 8. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill July 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station or Smyrna Camp Ground July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Building bridges at Pace's Ferry July 18-21. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Provost duty at Atlanta September 9-October 31. Escort to Gen. Thomas' Headquarters from Marietta, Ga., to Chattanooga, Tenn., October 31-November 6. Provost duty at Chattanooga till April 1, 1865. Transferred to the District of the Etowah April 1. Duty at Chattanooga till June 20. Mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., June 26, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 86 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 306 Enlisted men by disease. Total 399.
23rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Organized at East Saginaw, Mich., and mustered in September 13, 1862. Left State for Louisville, Ky., September 18. Attached to 38th Brigade, 12th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. District of Western Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army Ohio, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1865.
SERVICE:--Pursuit of Bragg's forces from Louisville to Crab Orchard, Ky., October 1-16, 1862. Moved to Bowling Green October 16-19, and duty there until May 29, 1863. Moved to Glasgow, Ky., May 29-31, then to Tompkinsville, Ky., and duty there until July. Pursuit of Morgan July 4-26. Action at Paris, Ky., July 29. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 17. March into East Tennessee August 16-September 4. At Loudon until November. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Action at Ruff's Ferry November 14. Near Loudon November 15. Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Pursuit of Longstreet December 7-13. Duty at Strawberry Plains until January 14, 1864. Scott's Mill Road near Knoxville January 27. Expedition to Flat Creek February 1. Duty at Mossy Creek until April 26. March to Charleston April 26-30. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., May 9-13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Decatur July 19. Howard House July 20. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 4-26. At Johnsonville until November 20. Nashville Campaign November-December. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., until January 16, 1865. Movement to Washington, D.C., then to Fort Fisher, N. C., January 16-February 16. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh, Greensboro and Salisbury to June. Mustered out June 28, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 70 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 257 Enlisted men by disease. Total 334.
24th Michigan....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."
24th Michigan, "History of the 24th Michigan of the Iron Brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne County Regiment," by Orson B. Curtis, Detroit, Michigan. 483 pages, maps, roster, price of $ 30.00. This regiment first saw action at Fredericksburg in 1862, and at Gettysburg (where the 24th lost 363 out of 496 men (or 73%) in a desperate struggle with the valiant 26th North Carolina on McPherson's Ridge. They shared deadly hot metal with the Rebs at Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and were there at the end of it all, at Appomattox Court-House. They served in Meredith's Brigade, Wadsworth's Division, of Reynolds' First U.S. Army Corps. Originally published by Orson B. Curtis in 1891, at Detroit, Michigan. An early reviewer noted, "Curtis relied on soldiers' letters, official documents and his own recollections in writing this fact-laden study; a necessary source for an understanding of the Iron Brigade." Reprints are now available at around $ 30.00. (but don't you wish you had a mint copy of the 1891 original issue? If you were able to locate an original copy, expect to pay around $ 575.00.).
24th Michigan, "The Twenty-Fourth Michigan of the Iron Brigade," by Donald L. Smith. "A twenty-five year labor of love, this thoroughly complete history recounts the exploits and experiences of a vital unit in the Army of the Potomac." (Reviewed by Civil War Books). This unit was organized at Detroit, and would see action at Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, the Wilderness Campaign, and the Union siege of Petersburg. Originally published in 1962 by Stackpole Publishing, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 312 pages and maps, costs around $ 75.00. Newer 1987 reprint costs $ 30.00.
24th Michigan Regiment Volunteer Infantry Website
26th Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Organized at Jackson, Mich., September 10 to December 12, 1862. Mustered in December 12, 1862. Left State for Washington, D.C., December 13. Attached to District of Alexandria, Defenses of Washington, D.C., to February, 1863. Slough's Brigade, Garrison of Alexandria, Va., 22nd Army Corps, to April, 1863. Ferry's 1st Brigade, Corcoran's 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1863. New York, Dept. of the East, to October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1865.
SERVICE--Provost duty at Alexandria, Va.,until April 20, 1863. Ordered to Suffolk, Va., April 20. Siege of Suffolk, Va., April 22-May 4. Siege of Suffolk raised May 4. Windsor May 23. Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 24-July 8. Expedition to Bottom's Bridge July 1-7. Ordered to New York City July 12. Duty there and at Fort Richmond, N.Y. Harbor, July 14 to October 13. Ordered to join Army of the Potomac in the field. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 4-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness, Corbin's Bridge, May 8. Spottsylvania May 8-12. Po River May 10. Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient ("Bloody Angle") May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. (Co. "F" detached in Slough's Brigade, Defences of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps, June, 1864, to June, 1865.) Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22-23, 1864. Demonstration north of the James July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom August 13-20. Strawberry Plains August 14-18. Ream's Station August 25. Reconnoissance to Hatcher's Run December 9-10. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Watkin's House March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. On line of Hatcher's and Gravelly Runs March 29-30. Hatcher's Run (or Boydton Road) and White Oak Road March 31. Sutherland Station April 2. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Sailor's Creek April 6. Flat Creek, near Amelia Springs, April 6. High Bridge April 7. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Regiment specially detailed to remain at Appomattox Court House until the paroling of Lee's army was accomplished. Moved to Washington, D.C., May 2-13. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June 4, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 115 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 159 Enlisted men by disease. Total 280.
27th Michigan....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."
1st Michigan Light Artillery, "To the Sound of Musketry and Tap of the Drum: A History of Michigan's Battery "D" through the Letters of Artificer, Harry Bartlett, First Michigan Light Artillery, 1861-1864," by James G. Genco. Originally published in 1983, by the Detroit Book Press, Detroit, Michigan, with roster, this 171 page, 1991 reprint costs $ 20.00.
1st Michigan Light Artillery Website
1st Michigan Heavy Artillery, see: 6th Michigan, "Among the Cotton Thieves," by Colonel Edward Bacon, Sixth Michigan above.
1st Michigan Cavalry....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."
1st Michigan Cavalry Regiment: Organized at Detroit, Mich., August 21 to September 6, 1861. Mustered in September 13, and left State for Washington, D.C., September. 29, 1861. Attached to Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Potomac, to December, 1861. Cavalry, Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Cavalry, 1st Division, Banks' 5th Corps, to April, 1862. Hatch's Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of the Shenandoah, to June, 1862. Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. Unassigned, Alexandria, Va., September, 1862. Price's Cavalry Brigade, Military District of Washington, to February, 1863, and 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, Stahel's Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1864. Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to March, 1865, and Army of the Potomac to June, 1865. Dept. of Missouri to August, 1865. District of the Plains, Dept. of Missouri, to September, 1865. District of Dakota, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1865, District of Utah, Dept. of Missouri, to March, 1866.
SERVICE--Operations in Loudoun County, Va., February 25-May 6, 1862. Occupation of Loudoun Heights February 27. Berryville March 6 (Detachment). Capture of Leesburg March 8. Reconnoissance to Snicker's Gap March 12. Battle of Winchester March 23. Strasburg March 27. Advance from Strasburg to Woodstock and Edenburg April 1-2. Salem and Woodstock April 1. Edenburg April 1-2. Thoroughfare Gap April 2. Greenwich April 3. Catlett's Station April 4. Warrenton April 5. Columbia Furnace April 7. White Plains April 11. Rectortown April 14. Piedmont, Mt. Jackson and New Market April 17. McGaheysville April 27. Linden May 15. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley May 15-June 17. Middletown May 24. Retreat to Williamsport May 24-26. Winchester May 25. Expedition from Gainesville June 7-8. Milford June 24. Strasburg Pike June 26. Reconnoissance to Front Royal June 29-30. Luray June 30. Culpeper Court House July 12. Orange Court House July 15. Reconnoissance to Madison Court House July 17. Reconnoissance to Orange Court House under Crawford August 2. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Reconnoissance to Orange Court House August 13, and to Louisa Court House August 16. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Lewis Ford and Bull Run August 30. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D C., until June, 1863. Mouth of Monocacy September 5. Reconnoissance to Berryville November 28-30, 1862. Snicker's Ferry, Berryville, November 30. Expedition to Catlett's and Rappahannock Station January 8-10, 1863. Brentsville January 9. Near Union Mills February 14 (Detachment). Hanover, Pa., June 30. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Hunterstown July 2. Fairfield Gap July 4. Smithburg July 5. Hagerstown and Williamsport, Md., July 6. Boonsboro July 8. Hagerstown July 11-13. Falling Waters July 14. Ashby's Gap July 20. Battle Mountain, near Newby's Cross Roads, July 24. Barbee's Cross Roads July 25. King George Court House August 24. Expedition to Port Conway September 1-3. Lamb's Creek Church, near Port Conway, September 1. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Stevensburg and Pony Mountain September 13. Culpeper Court House September 13. Somerville Ford September 14-16. Reconnoissance across the Rapidan September 21-23. White's Ford September 21-22. Robertson's Ford and near Liberty Mills September 23. Bristoe Campaign October 8-22. James City October 8-9-10. Bethesda Church October 10. Near Culpeper and Brandy Station October 11. Gainesville October 14. Groveton October 17-18. Gainesville, Catlett's Station and Buckland's Mills October 19. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-October 2. Morton's Ford November 26. Raccoon Ford November 26-27. (4 new Companies organized October 13 to December 29, 1863.) Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Regiment consolidated to 8 Companies February 15, 1864. Kilpatrick's Raid on Richmond February 28-March 4. Fortifications of Richmond March 1. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 3-June 24. Todd's Tavern May 5-6. Wilderness May 5-7. The Furnaces and Brock Road May 6. Todd's Tavern May 7-8. Sheridan's Raid to James River May 9-24. Beaver Dam Station May 9. Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern May 11. Meadow Bridge May 12. Hanover court House May 21. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Dabney's Ferry, Hanovertown Ferry, Hanovertown and Crump's Creek May 27. Haw's Shop and Aenon Church May 28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Old Church and Mattadequin Creek May 30. Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, May 31-June 1. Sheridan's Trevillian Raid June 7-24. Trevillian Station June 11-12. Newark, or Mallory's Cross Roads, June 12. Black Creek, or Tunstall's Station, and White House, or St. Peter's Church, June 21. Jones' Bridge June 23. Demonstration north of the James River July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Ordered to Washington, D.C., August. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Winchester and Tell Gate near White Post August 11. Cedarville, or Front Royal, August 16 and 18. Kearneysville August 23. Near Kearneysville August 25. Shephardstown August 25. Leetown and Smithfield August 28. Smithfield Crossing of the Opequan August 29. Berryville September 4. Locke's Ford, Opequan Creek, September 13. Sevier's Ford, Opequan Creek, September 15. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 21. Milford September 22. Luray September 24. Port Republic September 26-28, Mt. Crawford October 2. Luray Valley October 8. Tom's Brook October 8-9. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Near Kernstown November 11, Expedition into Loudoun and Faquier Counties November 28-December 3. Middleburg December 2. Raid to Gordonsville December 19-28. Madison Court House December 21. Liberty Mills December 22. Jack's Shop, near Gordonsville, December 23. Expedition from Edenburg to Little Fort Valley, February 13-17, 1865. Sheridan's Raid from Winchester February 27-March 25. Occupation of Staunton March 2. Waynesboro March 2. Duguidsville March 8. Hanover Court House March 15. Appomattox Court House March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Scott's Cross Roads April 2. Tabernacle Church, or Beaver Creek Pond, April 4. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Station April 8. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Expedition to Danville April 23-29. March to Washington May. Grand Review May 23. Moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, June 1. Powder River Expedition and operations against Indians in District of the Plains and Dakota July to November, 1865. Duty in District of Utah till March, 1866. Mustered out March 10, 1866. (Company "D" served detached as Provost Guard at Alexandria November 25, 1862, until June, 1863.) (Regiment absent on furlough December 21, 1863, to March 1, 1864. Returned to Camp Stoneman, D.C., and duty there until April, 1864.)
Regiment lost during service 14 Officers and 150 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 6 Officers and 244 Enlisted men by disease. Total 414.
2nd Michigan Cavalry, "A Hundred Battles in the West: St. Louis to Atlanta, 1861-1865. The Second Michigan Cavalry, with the Armies of the Mississippi, Ohio, Kentucky and Cumberland," by Marshall Thatcher, a member of the 2nd Michigan Cavalry. Originally published in 1884, this 416 pages, 1990 reprint, by the Detroit Book Press, costs $ 25.00.
3rd Michigan Cavalry Regiment Organized at Grand Rapids, Mich., August 24 to November 28, 1861. Left State for St. Louis, Mo., November 28, 1861. Duty at Benton Barracks, Mo., till February 21, 1862. Ordered to Commerce, Mo., February 21. Attached to Cavalry Division, Army of the Mississippi, to April. 1862. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Mississippi, to June, 1862. 5th Division, Army of the Mississippi, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Mississippi to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Cavalry Brigade, District of Jackson, Tennessee, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. Mizner's Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, March to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to August, 1864. 4th Brigade, Cavalry Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 7th Army Corps, to April, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division of West Mississippi, to May, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Mississippi, to August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to February, 1866.
SERVICE--Siege
of New Madrid, Mo., March 3-14, 1862. Siege and capture of Island No. 10, Mississippi
River, March 15-April 8. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 17-22. Advance
on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Action at Farmington May 1.
Farmington Heights May 4 (Cos. "A," "E," "I," "K"). Reconnoissance toward Corinth
May 8. Reconnoissance on Alabama Road toward Sharp's Mills May 10. Reconnoissance
to Memphis & Charleston Railroad May 13. Near Farmington May 19 (3rd Battalion).
Near Farmington May 22 (Co. "G"). Reconnoissance to Burnsville and Iuka May
22-23. Tuscumbia Creek May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12. Reconnoissance
toward Baldwyn June 3. Action at Booneville June 3-4. Clear Creek, near Baldwyn,
June 14. Blackland June 28. Ripley June 29. Hatchie Bottom July 20 (Co. "H").
Booneville July 26. Spangler's Mills July 28 (Cos. "H," "L," "M"). Iuka September
19. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to the Hatchie River October 5-12.
Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November 2, 1862, to January 10, 1863.
Capture of Ripley and Orizaba November 2, 1862. Reconnoissance from Lagrange
November 8-9. Coldwater and Lamar November 8. Holly Springs November 13. Expedition
from Grand Junction to Ripley, Miss., November 19-20 (Detachment). Holly Springs
November 29 and December 20. Orizaba November 29. Waterford, Lumpkin's Mills,
November 29-30. About Oxford December 1-3. Water Valley Station December 4.
Coffeeville December 5. Water Valley Station December 18. Ripley December 23.
Bolivar December 24. Expedition from Lexington to Clifton February 17-21, 1863
(Cos. "A," "B," "K," "L"). Clifton February 20. Scout from Lexington to mouth
of Duck River March 31-April 1. Trenton April 19. Cotton Grove April 25. Forked
Deer Creek June 13. Operations in Northwest Mississippi June 15-25. Near Holly
Springs June 16-17. Lagrange June 17. Belmont and Coldwater Bridge June 18.
Near Panola June 19-20. Senatobia June 20. Matthews' Ferry, on Coldwater River,
June 20. Lamar July 5. Forked Deer Creek July 15.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 27 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 380 Enlisted men by disease. Total 414. .
3rd Michigan Cavalry, "Record of the Third Michigan Cavalry Civil War, 1861-1865," by the Michigan Adjutant General, Volume 33 of the 46 Volume record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War Series. The 3rd Michigan Cavalry fought at New Madrid, Island # 10, Shiloh, against Nathan Bedford Forrest at Corinth and Iuka, and other locations in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas. This book is basically an alphabetical listing of each member of the regiment with complete details of service. Very scare, but if located, will cover at least $ 150.00.
5th Michigan Cavalry....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."
5th Regiment - Michigan Volunteer Cavalry-Regiment organized at Detroit, Mich., and mustered in August 30, 1862. Left State for Washington, D.C., December 4, 1862. Attached to Provisional Cavalry Brigade, Military District of Washington, to February, 1863. Provisional Cavalry Brigade, Casey's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, Stahel's Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac and Middle Military Division, to June, 1865.
SERVICE--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until June, 1863. Scout from Centreville to Falmouth, Va., February 27-28, 1863. Hauxhurst Mills April 13. On Lawyer's Road, near Fairfax Court House and Frying Pan, June 4. Ordered to Join Army of the Potomac in the field June 25. Reconnaissance ups the Catoctin Valley June 27-28. Occupation of Gettysburg, Pa., June 28. Action at Hanover, Pa., June 30. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Hunterstown July 2. Monterey July 4. Smithburg July 5. Williamsport and Hagerstown July 6. Boonsboro July 8. Hagerstown July 11-13. Falling Waters July 14. Williamsport July 14. Snicker's Gap July 17. Ashby's Gap July 17, 18 and 20. Battle Mountain, near Newby's Cross Roads, July 24. Expedition from Warrenton Junction between Bull Run and Blue Ridge Mountains August 1-8. King George Court House August 24. Hartwood Church August 25. Expedition to Port Conway September 1-3. Lamb's Creek Church, near Port Conway, September 1. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Culpeper Court House September 13. Raccoon Ford September 14-16. Somerville Ford September 15. across the Rapidan September 21-23. Madison Court House September 21. White's Ford September 21-22. Robertson's Ford September 23. Woodville September 30. Bristoe Campaign October 8-22. James City October 8-10. Bethesda Church October 11. Brandy Station October 11. Near Culpeper October 11. Hartwood Church October 12. Grove Church October 14. Gainesville October 14. Groveton October 17-18. Gainesville, Catlett's Station and Buckland's Mill October 19. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Stevensburg November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Morton's Ford November 26. Raccoon Ford November 26-27. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Kilpatrick's Raid on Richmond February 28-March 4. Fortification of Richmond March 1. Brooks' Turnpike March 1. Near Tunstall's Station March 3 (Detachment). Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 3-June 24. Todd's Tavern May 5-6. Brock Road and the Furnaces May 6. Wilderness May 6-7. Todd's Tavern May 7-8. Sheridan's Raid to James River May 9-24. Beaver Dam Reconnoissance Station May 9. Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern May 11. Meadow Bridge and fortifications of Richmond May 12. Hanover Court House May 21. Haw's Shop May 24. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Hanovertown Ferry, Hanovertown, and Crump's Creek May 27. On line of the Totopotomy May 28-31. Haw's Shop and Aenon Church May 28. Old Church and Mattadequin Creek May 30. Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, May 31-June 1. Sheridan's Trevillian Raid June 7-24. Trevillian Station June 11-12. Newark or Mallory's Cross Roads June 12. Black Creek or Tunstall's Station June 21. White House or St. Peter's Church June 21. Jones' Bridge June 23. Demonstration north of the James River July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Ordered to Washington, D. C., August --. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Tell Gate, near White Post and Winchester, August 11. Cedarville or Front Royal August 16. Snicker's Gap Pike August 19. Near Berryville August 19-20. Kearneysville and Shepherdstown August 25. Leetown-Smithfield August 29. Smithfield Crossing, Opequan, August 29. Locke's Ford, Opequan Creek, September 13. Sevier's Ford, Opequan Creek, September 15. Battle of Opequan-Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill September 21. Milford September 22. Luray September 24. Port Republic September 26-28. Mt. Crawford October 2. Luray Valley October 8. Tom's Brook, "Woodstock Races," October 8-9. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Near Kernstown November 11. Loudoun County November 18. Expedition into Loudoun and Faquier Counties November 28-December 3. Raid to Gordonsville December 19-28. Madison Court House December 21. Liberty Mills December 22. Near Gordonsville December 23. Expedition to Little Fort Valley February 13-17, 1865. Sheridan's Expedition from Winchester February 27-March 25. Occupation of Staunton and Waynesboro March 2. Duguidsville March 8. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Scott's Cross Roads April 2. Tabernacle Church or Beaver Pond Creek April 4. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Station April 8. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Expedition to Danville April 23-29. March to Washington, D.C., May --. Grand Review May 23. Moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, June 1. Mustered out June 23, 1865. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 1st Michigan Cavalry.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 135 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 322 Enlisted men by disease. Total 366.
6th Michigan Cavalry....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."
6th Michigan Cavalry. "New diary discovered, and published for the first time! Patricial Wight Geyer of Albion, Michigan, inherited the sword and diary of her Great Grandfather, Private Sheldon Wight, Company F. She has written an excellent book giving the COMPLETE story of his life, and in one chapter, the 1865 diary is transcribed word for word. Not much is said about the last battles of the Civil War - but much information is given about what happened to the 6th Cavalry AFTER Lee surrendered, when the regiment was sent West to Wyoming territory and Fort Bridger, Utah. The complete story of General Connor's Powder River campaign against the Sioux is given, and together with Sheldon's day-by-day journal, the reader will know what it was like to "be there". Sheldon Wight was one of the 53 soldiers who marched as a group from Salt Lake City to Detroit. Author Pat Geyer attempts, for the first time, to make a complete list of exactly who these men were. There's a lot of good primary-source material between the covers of this book. Anyone interested in researching the 6th Michigan Cavalry will want to have a copy. Only 200 hundred have been printed - don't wait to order! This is a self-published book, hardcover, illustrated with many photographs. To order, contact Patricia Wight Geyer 601 Manor Drive, Albion MI 49224 or Email: cbphoto@arq.net Thanks to Cbphoto for supplying this information about this book to me.
6th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry. Organized at Grand Rapids, Mich., October, 1862, to June, 1863. 1st Battalion left State for Washington, D.C., February 20, 1863. Balance of Regiment May, 1863. Attached to Provisional Cavalry Brigade, Casey's Division, Defences of Washington, 22nd Army Corps, to April, 1863. 1st Brigade, Stahel's Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac and Middle Military Division, to June, 1865. District of the Plains, Dept. of Missouri, to September, 1865. District of Dakota to December, 1865.
SERVICE--Duty
in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until June, 1863. Action at Thoroughfare
Gap, Va., May 21, 1863. Greenwich May 30. Expedition up the Catoctin Valley
June 27-28. Occupation of Gettysburg, Pa., June 28. Hanover, Pa., June 30. Battle
of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Hunterstown July 2. Monterey July 4. Smithburg
July 5. Williamsport and Hagerstown July 6. Boonsboro July 8. Hagerstown July
11-13. Falling Waters July 14. Snicker's Gap July 19. Expedition from Warrenton
Junction, between Bull Run and Blue Ridge Mountains, August 1-8. Hartwood Church
August 15. King George Court House August 24. Expedition to Port Conway September
1-3. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Culpeper
Court House September 13. Raccoon Ford September 14-16. Raccoon Ford September
17. Reconnoissance across the Rapidan September 21-23. White's Ford September
21-22. Orange Court House September 22. Bristoe Campaign October 8-22. Robertson's
River October 8. Jams City October 8-10. Bethesda Church October 10. Near Culpeper
and Brandy Station October 11. Gainesville October 14. Groveton October 17-18.
Gainesville, Catlett's Station and Buckland's Mills October 19. Near Falmouth
November 6. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Stevensburg November
8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Morton's Ford November 26. Raccoon
Ford November 26-27. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Kilpatrick's
Raid on Richmond February 28-March 4. Fortifications of Richmond and Atlee's
March 1.- Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 3-June 24. Battles
of the Wilderness May 5-7. Todd's Tavern May 5-6. Brook Road and the Furnaces
May 6. Todd's Tavern May 7-8. Sheridan's Raid to the James River May 9-24. Beaver
Dam Station May 9. Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern May 11. Meadow Bridge
and fortifications of Richmond May 12 Malvern Hill May 16. Hanover Court House
May 21. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Hanovertown Ferry, Hanovertown and
Crump's Creek May 27. On line of the Totopotomoy May 28-31. Haw's Shop and Aenon
Church May 28. Old Church and Mattadequin Creek May 30. Bethesda Church, Cold
Harbor, May 21-June 1. Bottom's Bridge June 1. Sheridan's Trevillian Raid June
7-24. Trevillian Station June 11-12. Newark, or Mallory's Cross Roads, June
12. Black Creek, or Tunstall's Station, and White House, or St. Peter's Church,
June 21. Jones' Bridge June 23. Fort Stevens and along Northern Defenses of
Washington July 11-12 (Detachment). Demonstration North of the James River July
27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-29. Ordered to Washington, D.C., August. Sheridan's
Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Tell Gate, near White Post,
and near Winchester August 11. Cedarville, or Front Royal, August 16. Kearneysville
August 23. Kearneysville and Shephardstown August 25. Leetown and Smithfield
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 81 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 256 Enlisted men by disease. Total 343.
7th Michigan Cavalry, "Personal and Historical Sketches and Facial History of and by Members of the Seventh Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, 1862-1865," compiled by Sergeant William O. Lee, 7th Michigan Cavalry. Originally published in 1902, the book recounts personal descriptions of battle and service with the 7th Michigan Cavalry by 60 of the surviving members of Custer's Cavalry Brigade. 313 pages, reprinted edition in 1990 by the Detroit Book Press, Detroit, Michigan, cost $ 25.00.
10th Regiment - Michigan Volunteer Cavalry - Organized at Grand Rapids, Mich., September 18 to November 23, 1863. Mustered in November 18, 1863. Left State for Lexington, Ky., December 1, 1863. Attached to District of North Central Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865. Cavalry Brigade, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1865.
SERVICE--Duty at Lexington, Ky., until January 25, 1864. Moved to Burnside's Point January 14, and duty there until February 25. March from Burnside's Point to Knoxville, Tenn., February 25-March 6. Action at Flat Creek Valley March 15. Moved to Morristown March 16. Expedition to Carter's Station April 24-28. Rheatown April 24. Jonesboro and Johnsonville April 25. Expedition from Bull's Gap to Watauga River April 25-27. Watauga Bridge April 25. Powder Springs Gap April 29. Newport May 2. Dandridge May 19. Reconnoissance from Strawberry Plains to Bull's Gap and Greenville May 28-31. Greenville May 30. Bean's Station June 14. Wilsonville June 16. Scout from Strawberry Plains to Greenville August 1-5. Morristown August 2. Gillem's Expedition into East Tennessee August 17-31 (Cos. "E," "F" and "I" remained at Knoxville.) Blue Springs August 23 (Co. "A"). Bull's Gap August 24. Strawberry Plains and Flat Creek Bridge August 24. Park's Gap, Greenville, September 4. (Morgan killed.) Expedition from East Tennessee toward Southwest Virginia September 20-October 17. Carter's Station September 30-October 1. Thorn Hill, near Bean Station, October 10. Mossy Creek October 15. Sweetwater October 23. Morristown November 13. Russellsville November 14. Strawberry Plains November 16-17. Flat Creek November 17. Stoneman's Raid into Southwest Virginia December 10-29. Bristol December 14. Near Marion and Wytheville December 17-18. Saltsville, Va., December 20-21. Expedition from Strawberry Plains to Clinch Mountain and skirmish January 28-31, 1865 (Co. "M"). Duty at Knoxville until March 21. Stoneman's Expedition from East Tennessee into Southwest Virginia and Western North Carolina March 21-April 25. Brabson's Mills March 25. Boonesville, N. C., March 27. Henry Court House, Va., April 8. Abbott's Creek April 10. High Point April 11. Salisbury April 12. Statesville April 14. Catawba River April 17. Howard's Gap, Blue Ridge Mountains, April 22. Asheville April 26. Duty at Lenoir Station and Sweetwater until August, and in West Tennessee until November. Mustered out November 11, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 29 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 240 Enlisted men by disease. Total 271.
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