The 3rd Michigan Infantry Regiment was an

infantry Infantry, or infantryman are a type of soldier who specialize in ground combat, typically fighting dismounted. Historically the term was used to describe foot soldiers, i.e. those who march and fight on foot. In modern usage, the term broadl ...

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that served in the Union Army during the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...

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Daniel McConnell * Colonel Stephen Gardner Champlin * Colonel

Byron Root Pierce Byron Root Pierce (September 20, 1829 – July 10, 1924) was an American dentist who served as a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He was noted for fighting at First Manassas and during the Peninsula and Seven Days Campaigns. Pierc ...

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Third Michigan Infantry Research ProjectBiographies of Third Michigan Soldiers Online
{{DEFAULTSORT:3rd Michigan Infantry Regiment Units and formations of the Union army from Michigan 1861 establishments in Michigan Military units and formations established in 1861 Military units and formations disestablished in 1864

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