United States Regiments & Batteries > Michigan
The Second Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 11 officers and 214 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 143 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1861
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May 25 | Mustered in at Detroit, Mich., under Colonel Israel Richardson, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Chipman, and Major Adolphus Williams; the first three-year regiment from Michigan. |
June 6-10 | Moved to Washington, D.C.; Attached to Richardson’s Brigade, Tyler’s Division, McDowell’s Army of Northeastern Virginia |
June 10 – July 16 | Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. at Camp Winfield Scott on the bluffs overlooking the Chain Bridge |
July 16-21 |
Advance on Manassas, Va.Colonel Richardson was given command of the brigade and Lieuteant Colonel Chipman left the regiment for a captaincy in the regular army, leaving Major Williams in command. |
July 17 | Occupation of Fairfax Court House |
July 18 | Action at Blackburn’s Ford |
July 21 |
Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)The regiment was not engaged, but helped cover the retreat of the army to Washington. |
August | Attached to Richardson’s Brigade, Division of the Potomac; Duty in the Defenses of Washington |
September 16 | Captain Orlando Poe of the United States Engineers was appointed Colonel of the regiment |
October | Assigned to Richardson’s Brigade, Heintzelman’s Division, Army of the Potomac |
October 21-24 | Reconnaissance to Occoquan |
November 12-14 | Reconnaissance to Pohick Church, Va. |
1862
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March | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 6 | Major Williams was promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Louis Dillman promoted to major |
March 17 | Moved to the Virginia Peninsula |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of YorktownLieutenant Colonel Williams was lightly wounded |
May 5 |
Battle of WilliamsburgThe regiment lost 17 killed, 38 wounded, and 5 missing. Lieutenant Wallace was killed and Lieutenant Colonel Williams and Lieutenant Dobson wounded |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Fair Oaks, or Seven PinesThe regiment lost 10 men killed. Lieutenant Colonel Williams and 46 enlisted men were wounded |
June 1-2 | Reconnaissance beyond Seven Pines |
June | Colonel Poe and Lieutenant Colonel Williams took a leave of absence, leaving Major Louis Dillman in command |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before RichmondThe regiment lost 2 killed and 19 wounded |
June 25 |
Oak Grove |
June 29 |
Savage Station |
June 30 |
Glendale and Charles City Cross Roads |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July 2 – August 15 | Duty at Harrison’s Landing |
July 26 | Lieutenant Colonel Williams became colonel of the 20th Michigan Infantry. Major Dillman was promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Cornelius Byington to major |
August | Attached to 3rd Brigade. 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps |
August 15-28 | Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville, Va. |
August 29 |
Battle of GrovetonColonel Poe took command of the brigade, leaving Lieutenant Colonel Dillman in command of the regiment |
August 30 |
Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) |
September 1 |
Battle of Chantilly |
September 3 to October 11 | Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
October 11- November 19 |
March up the Potomac to Leesburg, then to Falmouth, Va. |
November | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863
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January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
February 10 | Moved to Newport News, Va. |
Feberuary 16 | Colonel Poe resigned to accept promotion to brigadier general of volunteers, with rank from Novemnber 29. Captain William Humphrey was promoted to colonel |
March 19-23 | Movement to Kentucky |
April | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio.Private Franklin Thompson of Flint deserted near Lebanon, Kentucky after it was discovered that she was a woman, “and a good loking one at that,” according to Colonel Poe. |
April 9-30 | Duty at Camp Dick Robinson, Ky. |
May | At Columbia |
June | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee |
June 7-14 | Moved to Vicksburg, Miss. |
June 14-July 4 | Siege of Vicksburg |
July 4-10 | Advance on Jackson, Miss. |
July 10-17 | Siege of Jackson |
July 18-22 | Destruction of Mississippi Central Railroad at Madison Station |
July 23 | Duty at Milldale |
July 30 | Lt. Colonel Dillman resigns |
August | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio |
August 4-12 | Moved to Covington, Ky. |
August 17-18 | To Crab Orchard, Ky. |
August 18 – October 17 | Burnside’s Campaign in East Tennessee |
September 10-26 | March to Knoxville, Tenn., over the Cumberland Mountains |
September 27- October 3 |
Duty near Knoxville |
October 10 | Action at Blue Springs |
November 4-December 23 |
Knoxville Campaign |
November 16 | Action at Campbell’s Station |
November 17-December 5 |
Siege of Knoxville |
November 24 |
Assault on Confederate worksMajor Cornelius Byington, Adjutant Noble, Lieutenants Gilpin and Frank Zoellner and 80 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded. |
November 29 |
Repulse of Longstreet’s assault on Fort Saunders |
December 14 | Granger’s Mills |
December | Operation in East Tennessee |
1864
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January | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio. 198 men reenlisted as Veteran Volunteers |
February 4 | Veterans on furlough |
April | Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April 1 | Captain Edwin March of the 27th Michigan transferred in and promoted to lieutenant colonel |
April 4 | Veterans rejoined Corps at Annapolis, Md. |
May 4 | Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the WildernessCommanded by Colonel Humphrey, the regiment lost 6 killed and 32 wounded and missing |
May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court HouseColonel Humphrey temporarily took command of the brigade until he was wounded. Captain James Farrand, commanding the regiment, and 1 enlisted man were killed and 9 men were wounded |
May 10 | Ny River |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 23-24 |
Ox FordLieutenant Nelson Fletcher was killed |
May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda ChurchLieutenant George Williams and 1 enlisted man were killed or mortally wounded and 36 men wounded. |
June 17 |
First Assault on PetersburgCaptain James Bradley and 7 other men were killed, 74 men were wounded, and 4 missing. Colonel William Humphrey took command of the brigade, leaving Lieutenant Colonel March in command of the regiment |
June 18 |
First Assault on Petersburg (cont.)Lieutenant Sherman was mortally wounded, 14 enlisted men were killed, Lieutenant Colonel March, Lieutenant Schneider and 66 enlisted men were wounded and 2 men were missing |
July | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion, PetersburgCaptain John Young, Lieutenant John Bush and four enlisted men were killed, 14 men were wounded and 37 men missing. |
August 18-21 |
Weldon RailroadUnder the command of Lieutenant Colonel March, the regiment lost 1 killed, 2 wounded and 2 missing. |
August 25 |
Ream’s Station |
September | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps |
September 29- October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church, Pegram’s FarmThe regiment lost 7 wounded and 12 missing |
September 30 | Colonel Humphrey mustered out, and Lt. Colonel March promoted to colonel |
October 8 | Reconnaissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Roads |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Road, Hatcher’s RunThe regiment lost 7 wounded and 7 missing, including Captain Frederick Schneider, who was wounded and captured. |
October 29 | Moved to a position on the City Point and Petersburg Railroad |
December 18 | Captain Schneider promoted to lieutenant colonel, but not exchanged until February 1865 |
1865
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March 25 |
Fort Steadman, PetersburgCommanded by Captain J. C. Broughton |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assault on and fall of Petersburg |
April 3 | Occupation of Petersburg |
April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
April 17 | Colonel March resigned, and Lt. Colonel Schneider was promoted to colonel |
April 22-28 | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 | Grand Review |
July 29 | Mustered out under Colonel Frederick Schneider |
August 1 | Discharged at Detroit, Mich. |