The 19th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an
infantry
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regiment
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that served in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War
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.
Service
The 19th Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at
Dowagiac, Michigan, on September 5, 1862. Among the soldiers was
Frank Baldwin, who would go on to become one of only nineteen men to ever receive two
Medal of Honor
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citations, one for the Civil War and another after the war while fighting the
Indians in the U.S. Cavalry.
At the
Battle of Thompson's Station
The Battle of Thompson's Station took place during the American Civil War on March 5, 1863, in Williamson County, Tennessee.
In a period of relative inactivity following the Battle of Stones River, a reinforced Union Army, Union infantry brigad ...
, March 5th, 1863, the regiment was captured. Losses were 20 killed, 92 wounded, 345 captured, total 457.
The regiment was mustered out of service on June 10, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 7 officers and 88 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 160 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 255
fatalities.
[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf2.htm#19th 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
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Henry C. Gilbert
*
Lieutenant Colonel William R. Shafter
See also
*
List of Michigan Civil War Units
*
Michigan in the American Civil War
Notes
3. Save the Union : Franklin G. Rice's Diary of the 19th Michigan Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War : Period of Service 1862-65
Rice, Franklin G., author., Rice, John C., 2020
References
The Civil War Archive
Further reading
*Lester, Robert, and Gary Hoag. ''Civil War Unit Histories art 4 The Union, Midwest and West .'' Bethesda, Md: University Publications of America, 1994.
*Michigan, and George H. Turner. ''Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865 ineteenth Infantry'' Lansing, Mich.: ichigan Adjutant-General's Dept. 1905.
*Rice, Franklin G. ''Diary of 19th Michigan Volunteer Infantry During Their Three Years Service in the War of the Rebellion.'' Big Rapids, Mich.?: s.n, 1970.
Units and formations of the Union army from Michigan
1865 disestablishments in Michigan
1862 establishments in Michigan
Military units and formations established in 1862
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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