1st Michigan Infantry Regiment
The 1st Michigan lost 15 Officers and 172 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 149 Enlisted men by disease, a total of 337.
The regiment is honored by a monument at Gettysburg. From the monument: "Total enrollment 2144 officers and men. Killed in action officers 12, men 135. Died of wounds officers 6, men 22. Died of disease, officers 1, men 95. Total 252. From the first to the last. Entry into Virginia and capture of Alexandria May 24, 1861 to Appomattox April 8, 1865. Participated in 54 skirmishes and general engagements."
1st Regiment Infantry (3 months)
May 1, 1861 |
Organized at Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich., and mustered into United States service (the only three-months Regiment from Michigan) |
May 13 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. |
May 24 |
Occupation of Arlington Heights, Va. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
June 1 |
Action at Arlington Mills (Co. "E") Attached to Willcox's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia |
July 16-21 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
July 21 |
Battle of Bull Run
Captain William Withington of Company B was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions . He was wounded and taken prisoner, but was exchanged and went on to become the colonel of the 17th Michigan Infantry. |
August, 7, 1861 |
Mustered out |
1st Regiment Infantry (3 Years)
September 16, 1861 |
Organized at Detroit, Mich., and mustered in |
September 16 |
Left State for Washington, D.C.; Attached to 1st Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac |
October |
Duty at Bladensburg, Md. and at Annapolis Junction guarding Washington & Baltimore Railroad |
February, 1862 |
Railroad Brigade, Army of the Potomac |
March |
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March |
Camp Hamilton, Va., Dept. of Virginia; Duty at Camp Hamilton, Fortress Monroe, Va. |
May |
Robinson's Brigade, Dept. of Virginia |
June |
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac; Ordered to join Army of the Potomac in the field. |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond, Va. |
June 26 |
Battles of Mechanicsville |
June 27 |
Gaines Mill |
June 29 |
Peach Orchard and Savage Station |
June 30 |
Glendale and Turkey Bridge |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill, then at Harrison's Landing |
August 16-27 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville, Va. |
August 28 |
Gainesville |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam, Md. |
September 19 |
Shepherdstown Ford |
September 20 |
Shepherdstown |
October 29 - November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va |
December 29-30 |
Expedition from Potomac Creek to Richards and Ellis Fords, Rappahannock River |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March" |
January - April |
At Falmouth |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign
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July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The Regiment was commanded by Colonel Ira C. Abbott, who was wounded on July 2nd. Lieutenant Colonel William A. Throop then took command despite also being wounded.
From the monument: "Present for duty 21 officers 240 men, total 261. Killed 1 officer 4 men. Wounded 6 officers 27 men. Missing 4 men. Total 42." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap |
July 27 -
September 17 |
At Warrenton and Beverly Ford |
September 18 |
Provost duty at Culpeper |
October 11-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 26 -
December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December 3 |
Duty near Culpeper |
February 23, 1864 |
Re-enlisted as Veterans |
March |
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps |
May 4-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Spotsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spotsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 23 |
Jericho Mills |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg begins |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve) |
August 18-21 |
Six-Mile House, Weldon Railroad
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September 29 - October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Road, Hatcher's Run |
December 7-12 |
Warren's Expedition to Weldon Railroad |
February 5-7, 1865 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 29 |
Junction, Quaker and Boydton Roads |
March 29 |
Lewis' Farm, near Gravelly Run |
March 30-31 |
White Oak Road |
April 1 |
Five Forks |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House; Surrender of Lee and his army |
May 16 |
Duty at City Point, Va. |
May 16-18 |
Moved to Alexandria |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 16 |
Ordered to Louisville, Ky. |
July 9, 1865 |
Mustered out at Jeffersonville, Indiana |
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