12th Michigan Infantry Regiment

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12th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Michigan state flag
ActiveDecember 9, 1861, to February 15, 1866
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsBattle of Shiloh
Siege of Vicksburg

The 12th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry 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

  • Colonel Francis Quinn[2]
  • Colonel William Graves
  • Colonel Dwight May

See also

Notes

  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. ^ http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pottery/1080/shiloh_tn_6apr62.htm

References