Michigan Civil War Union Units 1st through 9th

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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, Engineers and Mechanics, Michigan Organized at: Marshall, Michigan, September 12, 1861. Mustered in: October 29, 1861. Mustered out: September 22, 1865. Discharged at Jackson, Michigan, October 1, 1865.


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


 * 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 Light Artillery Batteries organized and mustered out at various times


 * 1st Regiment, Michigan Sharpshooters Organized at: Kalamazoo and Dearborn, Michigan, April 14 to October 7, 1863. Mustered in: July 7, 1863. Mustered out: July 28, 1865, Washington D. C.


 * 1st Regiment,Michigan Volunteer Infantry (Colored) Organized at Detroit, Michigan, August, 1863, to February, 1864. Mustered in February 17, 1864. Designated 102nd Regiment, United States Colored Infantry. Mustered out September 30, 1865: Charleston, South Carolina.


 * 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 and 2nd Regiments United States Sharpshooters-Berdan's Sharpshooters Organized: August 1861 to March 1862. Mustered in: 29 November 1861. 1st and 2nd regiment consolidated: 31 December 1864. Discontinued 20 Feb 1865.


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


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


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


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


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


 * 6th Regiment, Michigan Heavy Artillery Organized at: Kalamazoo, Michigan. Mustered in August 20, 1861. Mustered out: August 20, 1865. Discharged at: Jackson, Michigan, September 5, 1865.


 * 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.


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


 * 8th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry Organized at: Mt. Clemens, Michigan, December 30, 1862 to May 2, 1863. Mustered out at: Nashville, Tennessee, September 22, 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 Cavalry Organized at: Coldwater, Michigan, January 8 to May 19, 1863. Mustered out: July 21, 1865 Concord, North Carolina.


 * 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.