The 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 1st Michigan Infantry was organized at Detroit, Michigan and mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on September 16, 1861. This regiment retained the number of the original 1st Michigan raised for a three-month enlistment.

1st Michigan Infantry Regiment (3 years)

The regiment was mustered out on July 19, 1865.

1st Michigan Infantry Regiment (3 years)

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 15 officers and 172 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 149 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 337 fatalities.

1st Michigan Infantry Regiment (3 years)

Commanders

Colonel John C. Robinson

Colonel Ira C. Abbott

See also

List of Michigan Civil War units

Michigan in the American Civil War

Notes

References

The Civil War Archive

Units and formations of the Union Army from Michigan

1865 disestablishments in Michigan

1861 establishments in Michigan

Military units and formations established in 1861

Military units and formations disestablished in 1865