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

 

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

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