14th Michigan Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	14th Michigan Infantry Regiment
Dates:	February 13, 1862, to July 18, 1865
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Union Army
Type:	Infantry
Battles:	American Civil War Atlanta Campaign Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Jonesboro March to the Sea Battle of Bentonville

The 14th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 14th Michigan Infantry was organized at Ypsilanti and Detroit, Michigan, and was mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on February 13, 1862.

The regiment was converted to mounted infantry on September 8, 1863, being re-armed with the Spencer repeating rifle 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 246fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

• Colonel Henry Rutgeras Mizner

See also

• List of Michigan Civil War Units
• Michigan in the American Civil War

External links

• The Civil War Archive

Notes and References

1. 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.