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| 4th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry | |
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 Michigan state flag |
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| Active | June 20, 1861 to June 30, 1864 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Engagements | First Battle of Bull Run Peninsular Campaign Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Chantilly Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Battle of Cold Harbor |
The 4th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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Service
The 4th Michigan Infantry was organized at Adrian, Michigan and mustered into Federal service for a three year enlistment on June 20, 1861. The regiment's first lieutenant colonel was a future prominent politician and civil engineer, William Ward Duffield. Several other soldiers in the regiment reached post-war prominence, including state politician George Spalding, who enlisted as a private in Company A.
The regiment was mustered out on June 30, 1864. The regiment's veterans and recruits were assigned to the 1st Michigan Infantry.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered12 officers and 177 enlistedmen who were killed in action or motally wounded and 1 officer and 107 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 297 fatalities.1
Commanders
- Colonel Harrison Jeffords, killed at the Battle of Gettysburg
See also
Notes
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf1.htm 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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