12th Michigan Infantry Regiment

12th Michigan Infantry Regiment
Michigan state flag
ActiveDecember 9, 1861, to February 15, 1866
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
Engagements

The 12th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 12th Michigan Infantry was organized at Niles, Dowagiac, and Buchanan, Michigan, and was mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment between December 9, 1861, and March 5, 1862 .

The regiment was mustered out on February 15, 1866.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 1 officer and 52 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 372 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 428 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

See also

References

Citations

  1. ↑ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf2.htm#12th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
  2. ↑ "Shiloh, Tennessee". Archived from the original on February 20, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2010.

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