1st Michigan Infantry Regiment (3 years)

For the earlier unit with the same name, see 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment (3 months). For units with similar names, see 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment (disambiguation).

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

1st Michigan Infantry Regiment
Michigan state flag
Active	September 16, 1861 – July 19, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Size	1,329
Engagements	American Civil War Peninsular Campaign Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg Battle of Five Forks

Lieutenant Francis Raymond Rice of Co. A and Co. F, 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment, before being wounded at Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, and having a leg amputated. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

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.

The regiment was mustered out on July 19, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

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

Commanders

• Colonel John C. Robinson
• Colonel Ira C. Abbott

See also

• List of Michigan Civil War units
• Michigan in the American Civil War

References

• The Civil War Archive