Michigan Civil War Union Cavalry Units

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


 * 1st Regiment, United States Lancers, Michigan Cavalry Organized at: Detroit, Saginaw and St. John, Michigan November 30, 1861, to February 20, 1862. Mustered out: March 20, 1862.


 * 1st Regiment, Michigan Cavalry Organized at: Detroit, Michigan, August 21 to September 6, 1861. Mustered in: September 13, 1861. Mustered out: March 10, 1866.


 * 2nd Regiment, Michigan Cavalry Organized at: Detroit, Michigan. Mustered in: October 2, 1861. Mustered out: August 17, 1865.


 * 3rd Regiment, Michigan Cavalry Organized at: Grand Rapids, Michigan, August 24 to November 28, 1861. Mustered out: February 12, 1866. Discharged at: Jackson, Michigan, March 15, 1866.


 * 4th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry Organized at: Detroit, Michigan. Mustered in: August 28, 1862. Mustered out: July 1, 1865.


 * 5th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry Regiment organized at: Detroit, Michigan. Mustered in: August 30, 1862. Mustered out: June 23, 1865. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 1st Michigan Cavalry.


 * 6th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry Organized at: Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 28 to October 13, 1862. Mustered in: October 13, 1862. Ordered to rejoin Regiment in Army of the Potomac April 25, and joined May 3, 1864. Consolidated with 1st Michigan Cavalry November 7, 1865.


 * 7th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry Organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan, October, 1862, to June, 1863. Regiment mustered out: December 15, 1865. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 1st Michigan Cavalry.


 * 8th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry Organized at: Mt. Clemens, Michigan, December 30, 1862 to May 2, 1863. Mustered out at: Nashville, Tennessee, September 22, 1865.


 * 9th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry Organized at: Coldwater, Michigan, January 8 to May 19, 1863. Mustered out: July 21, 1865 Concord, North Carolina.


 * 10th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry Organized at: Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 18 to November 23, 1863. Mustered in: November 18, 1863. Mustered out: November 11, 1865 West Tennessee.


 * 11th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry Organized at: Kalamazoo and Detroit, Michigan, October 7 to December 10, 1863. Consolidated with 8th Michigan Cavalry July 20, 1865.


 * 12th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * Chandler Horse Guards Squadron, Michigan Cavalry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


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