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.
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]
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]
Frederick W. Cortenius
Thomas S. Clark
S. F. Craig[3]
New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.