Michigan Civil War Union Infantry Units

The information in this list of Michigan Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site (CWSS). That web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.

Units 1st through 9th

 * 1st Regiment, Michigan Infantry First organized for 3 months service. Organized at: Fort Wayne, Detroit, Michigan. Mustered into United States service May 1, 1861. Length of service: 3 months. Mustered out: August 7, 1861 at Detroit, Michigan Organized for three year service at: Detroit, Michigan. Mustered in: September 16, 1861. Mustered out July 9, 1865 Jeffersonville, Indiana.


 * 1st Regiment,Michigan Volunteer Infantry (Colored) Organized at Detroit, Michigan, August, 1863, to February, 1864. Mustered in February 17, 1864 . Mustered out September 30, 1865: Charleston, South Carolina.


 * 2nd Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Detroit, Michigan, May 25, 1861. Length of service: 3 Years. Mustered out: July 29, 1865 at Delaney House, Washington, D. C. and discharged at Detroit, Michigan, August 1, 1865.


 * 3rd Regiment, Michigan Infantry (1st organization) Organized at: Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mustered into state service:   May 21, 1861.  Mustered into United States service: June 10, 1861 at Grand Rapids, Michigan. Non-veterans mustered out: June 10, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 5th Michigan Infantry June 13, 1864.


 * 3rd Regiment, Michigan Infantry (2nd organization) Organized at: Grand Rapids, Adrian and Pontiac, Michigan, August 24 to October 12, 1864. Mustered in: October 15, 1864. Mustered out: May 26, 1866 at Victoria, Texas. Discharged at: Detroit, Michigan, June 10, 1866.


 * 4th Regiment, Michigan Infantry (1st organization) Organized at: Adrian, Michigan. Mustered in: June 20, 1861. Mustered out: June 30, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 1st Michigan Infantry.


 * 4th Regiment, Michigan Infantry (2nd organization) Organized at: Adrian and Hudson, Michigan. Mustered in: October 14, 1864. Mustered out: Houston, Texas, May 26,1866. Discharged: Detroit, Michigan, June 10, 1866.


 * 5th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Detroit, Michigan. Mustered in: August 28, 1861. Mustered out: July 5, 1865 Jeffersonville, Indiana.


 * 7th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Monroe, Michigan. Mustered in: August 22, 1861. Mustered out: July 5, 1865.


 * 8th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Regiment organized at: Grand Rapids and at Fort Wayne, Detroit, Michigan. Mustered in: September 23, 1861. Mustered out: July 30, 1865 Washington, D.C.


 * 9th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Detroit Michigan. Mustered in: October 15, 1861. Mustered out: September 15, 1865. Discharged at: Detroit, Michigan, September 26, 1865.

Units 10th through 19th

 * 10th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Flint, Michigan.  Mustered in: February 6, 1862. Mustered out: July 19, 1865.  Discharged at Jackson, Michigan, August 1, 1865.


 * 11th Regiment, Michigan Infantry (1st organization) Organized at: White Pigeon, Michigan. Mustered in: September 24, 1861. Mustered out: September 30, 1864.  Recruits formed into a detachment and transferred to 11th Regiment reorganized


 * 11th Regiment, Michigan Infantry (2nd organization) Organized at: Jackson, Michigan, January 4 to February 26, 1865. Mustered out: September 16, 1865 Nashville, Tennessee.


 * 12th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Niles, Dowagiac and Buchanan, Michigan, December 9, 1861, to March 1, 1862. Mustered in: March 5, 1862. Regiment assembled at Camden and mustered out: February 15, 1866.


 * 13th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Kalamazoo, Michigan. Mustered in: January 17, 1862. Mustered out: July 25, 1865.


 * 14th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Ypsilanti and Detroit, Michigan, January 7 to February 18, 1862. Mustered in: February 13, 1862. Mustered out: July 18, 1865


 * 15th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at Detroit, Monroe and Grand Rapids, Michigan, October 16, 1861, to March 13, 1862. Mustered in: March 20, 1862. Mustered out: August 18, 1865.


 * 16th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Plymouth and Detroit, Michigan, July to September, 1861. Mustered out: July 8, 1865.


 * 17th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Detroit, Michigan, August 8 to 22, 1862. Mustered out: June 3, 1865.


 * 18th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Hillsdale, Michigan. Mustered in: August 26, 1862. Mustered out: June 26, 1865 Nashville, Tennessee.


 * 19th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Dowagiac, Michigan. Mustered in: September 5, 1862. Mustered out June 10, 1865.

Units 20th through 30th

 * 20th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Jackson, Michigan, August 15-19, 1862. Mustered out: May 30, 1865.


 * 21st Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Ionia and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mustered in: September 9, 1862. Mustered out: June 8, 1865.


 * 22nd Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Pontiac, Michigan. Mustered in: August 29, 1862. Mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., June 26, 1865.


 * 23rd Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: East Saginaw, Michigan. Mustered in: September 13, 1862. Mustered out: June 28, 1865.


 * 24th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Detroit, Michigan. Mustered in: August 15, 1862. Regiment selected as escort at funeral of President Lincoln. Mustered out: June 30, 1865.


 * 25th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Kalamazoo, Michigan. Mustered in: September 22, 1862. Mustered out: June 24, 1865.


 * 26th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Jackson, Michigan, September 10 to December 12, 1862. Mustered in: December 12, 1862. Mustered out: June 4, 1865.


 * 27th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Port Huron, Ovid and Ypsilanti, Michigan. Mustered in: April 10, 1863. Mustered out: July 26, 1865.


 * 28th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Kalamazoo and Marshall, Michigan, by consolidation of 28th and 29th Michigan Infantry on October 26, 1864. Mustered out: June 6, 1866.


 * 29th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at: East Saginaw, Michigan. Mustered in: October 3, 1864. Mustered out: September 6. Discharged at Detroit, Michigan, September 12, 1865.


 * 30th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Organized at Detroit, Michigan, for 12 months' service in the State. Mustered in: January 9, 1865. Mustered out: June 30, 1865.

Units A through Z

 * Robinson's Company A, Provost Guards, Michigan Infantry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * Unassigned Michigan Infantry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * Wormer's Company, Stanton Guards, Michigan Infantry Organized at: Detroit, Michigan, May 10, 1862. Mustered out: September 25, 1862.