The 14th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an
infantry
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regiment
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In Middle Ages, Medieval Europe, the term "regiment" denoted any large body of l ...
that served in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War
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.
Service
The 14th Michigan Infantry was organized at
Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti ( ), commonly shortened to Ypsi ( ), is a college town and city located on the Huron River in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 20,648. The city is bounded to the north ...
and
Detroit
Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United State ...
,
Michigan
Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...
, and was mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on February 13, 1862.
The regiment was converted to
mounted infantry
Mounted infantry were infantry who rode horses instead of marching. Unlike cavalry, mounted infantry dismounted to fight on foot. The original dragoons were essentially mounted infantry. According to the ''Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Editio ...
on September 8, 1863, being re-armed with the
Spencer repeating rifle
The Spencer repeating rifle was a 19th-century American lever-action firearm invented by Christopher Spencer. The Spencer carbine was a shorter and lighter version designed for the cavalry.
The Spencer was the world's first military metallic-c ...
at that time.
The regiment was mustered out of service on July 18, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 1 officer and 58 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 184 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 246
fatalities.
[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf2.htm#14th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]
Commanders
*
Colonel
Colonel ( ; abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military Officer (armed forces), officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations.
In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...
Henry Rutgeras Mizner
See also
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List of Michigan Civil War Units
*
Michigan in the American Civil War
Michigan made a substantial contribution to the Union during the American Civil War. While the state itself was far removed from the combat theaters of the war, Michigan supplied many troops and several generals, including George Armstrong Cus ...
References
External links
The Civil War Archive* {{LocalWiki, ann-arbor, 14th_Regiment_Michigan_Infantry
Units and formations of the Union army from Michigan
1862 establishments in Michigan
Military units and formations established in 1862
1865 disestablishments in Michigan
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865