词条 | 2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment |
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|unit_name= 2nd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry |image=Flag of Michigan.svg |caption=Michigan state flag |dates= May 25, 1861, to August 1, 1865 |country= United States |allegiance= Union |branch= Infantry |equipment= |battles= First Battle of Bull Run Peninsular Campaign Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Fredericksburg Siege of Vicksburg Siege of Knoxville Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg }} The 2nd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. ServiceThe 2nd Michigan Infantry was organized by Francis William Kellogg and others at Fort Wayne in Detroit, Michigan. It mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on May 25, 1861. Another key early supporter and recruiter was future general Israel B. Richardson. The regiment included Sarah Emma Edmonds (aka "Franklin Thompson") who had enlisted in Company F disguised as a man. Anna Etheridge served as the regimental vivandiere. The regiment was mustered out on August 1, 1865, at Detroit. Total strength and casualtiesThe regiment suffered 11 officers and 214 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 143 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 372 fatalities.[1] Commanders
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Notes1. ^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. References
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