The 1st Michigan Cavalry Regiment was a

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that served in the Union Army during the

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. It was a part of the famed

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, commanded by Brigadier General

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for a time.

Service

The 1st Michigan Cavalry was organized at

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, between August 21 and September 6, 1861. Among the initial officers was

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, a future prominent Michigan newspaper and magazine publisher. The regiment was mustered out of service on September 12, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

Over the span of its existence, the regiment carried a total of 2,705 men on its muster rolls. The regiment suffered 14 officers and 150 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 6 officers and 244 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 414 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmicav.htm#1st The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. Retrieved June 19, 2007.

Commanders

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Thornton F. Brodhead * Colonel Charles H. Town * Colonel Peter Stagg

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References

The Civil War Archive

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Total strength and casualties

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