12th Michigan Infantry Regiment

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{{Infobox military unit

|unit_name= 12th Michigan Infantry Regiment

| image=Flag of Michigan.svg

| image_size = 100

|caption=Michigan state flag

|dates= December 9, 1861, to February 15, 1866

|country= United States

|allegiance= Union

|branch= Infantry

|equipment=

|battles= Battle of Shiloh
Siege of Vicksburg

}}

The 12th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 12th Michigan Infantry was organized at Niles, Dowagiac, and Buchanan, Michigan, and was mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment between December 9, 1861, and March 5, 1862 .

The regiment was mustered out on February 15, 1866.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 1 officer and 52 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 372 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 428

fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf2.htm#12th 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 Francis Quinn{{Cite web |url=http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pottery/1080/shiloh_tn_6apr62.htm |title=Shiloh, Tennessee |access-date=2010-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220184730/http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pottery/1080/shiloh_tn_6apr62.htm |archive-date=2010-02-20 |url-status=dead }}
  • Colonel William Graves
  • Colonel Dwight May

See also

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