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6th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
6th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 2 officers and 76 enlisted men who
were killed in action or motally wounded and 6 officers
and 498 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of
582 fatalities.[1]
Michigan state flag
Active August 20, 1861 to June 10, 1863 Commanders
Country United States • Colonel
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry See also
Engagements Battle of Baton Rouge • List of Michigan Civil War Units
Siege of Port Hudson • Michigan in the American Civil War
The 6th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an
infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during
Notes
the American Civil War. [1] http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/
unmiinf1.htm The Civil War Archive website after
Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War
Service Rebellion.
of the Rebellion 3 vols. New York: Thomas
The 6th Michigan Infantry was organized by Francis Wil- Yoseloff, 1959.
liam Kellogg at Kalamazoo, Michigan, and mustered into
Federal service for a three-year enlistment on August 20,
1861.
References
The regiment was converted to the 6th Regiment • The Civil War Archive
Michigan Volunteer Heavy Artillery on June 10, 1863, by
the order of Major General Nathaniel Banks for distin-
guished service in the Siege of Port Hudson.
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