14th Michigan Infantry Regiment

14th Michigan Infantry Regiment
14th Michigan Infantry Regiment
	Michigan state flag
Active	February 13, 1862, to July 18, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Union Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	American Civil War Atlanta Campaign Battle of Kennesaw Mountain; Battle of Jonesboro; ; March to the Sea; Battle of Bentonville;

The 14th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 14th Michigan Infantry was organized at Ypsilanti and Detroit, Michigan, and was mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on February 13, 1862.

The regiment was converted to mounted infantry on September 8, 1863, being re-armed with the Spencer repeating rifle at that time.

The regiment was mustered out of service on July 18, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 1 officer and 58 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 184 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 246 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

Colonel Henry Rutgeras Mizner

References

^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf2.htm#14th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

External links

[1] ttp://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf2.htm#14th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

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