6th Michigan Heavy Artillery Regiment explained

Unit Name:6th Michigan Heavy Artillery Regiment
Dates:June 10, 1863, to August 20, 1865
Country:United States
Allegiance:Union
Branch:Artillery
Battles:Battle of Baton Rouge
Siege of Port Hudson

The 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery Regiment was an artillery regimentthat served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery was redesignated from the 6th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Port Hudson, Louisiana, as a reward for its performance at the Siege of Port Hudson.

The regiment was mustered out on August 20, 1861.[1]

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 2 officers and 76 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 6 officers and 498 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 582 fatalities.[2]

Commanders

Frederick W. Cortenius

Thomas S. Clark

S. F. Craig[3]

See also

Notes

  1. Web site: Battle Unit Details - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) . 2022-12-16 . www.nps.gov . en.
  2. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf1.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols.

    New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

  3. Web site: Richard Brown searching for Capt. S. F. Craig ยท Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery . 2022-12-16 . informationwanted.org.

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