1st Michigan Infantry Regiment (3 months)

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{{Infobox military unit

| unit_name = 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment

| image = Flag of Michigan.svg

| caption = Michigan state flag

| dates = May 1, 1861, to August 7, 1861

| country = United States

| allegiance = Union

| branch = Infantry

| equipment =

| battles = American Civil War

Battle of First Bull Run

}}

The 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. A Company consisted of the Detroit Light Guard.

Service

The 1st Michigan Infantry was organized at Detroit, Michigan and mustered into Federal service for three months on May 1, 1861. The 1st Michigan was the state's only three-month regiment, raised in response to President Abraham Lincoln's initial call for 75,000 troops in April 1861.

On June 1, 1861, the unit participated in the Battle of Arlington Mill alongside the 11th New York Infantry Regiment. This battle was one of the first skirmishes of the civil war.

Their first and last major battle during their three months of service was on Jun 21st Battle of Bull Run where they would suffer 117 casualties,{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Months) |url=http://capitol.michigan.gov/Content/Files/1stinfantrysupportingdoc.pdf}} their commander Colonel Willcox and Captain Withington being taken poisoner (released later due to a poisoner exchange), and the loss of their Battle flag (it was returned to the state and regiment 6 years later on July 4, 1866){{Cite web |title=Michigan State Capitol Battle Flags |url=http://capitol.michigan.gov/BattleFlagHistory#:~:text=Sixty-nine%20men%20from%20Michigan,after%20the%20war%20had%20ended.&text=At%20the%20conclusion%20of%20the,Detroit%20on%20July%204,%201866. |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=capitol.michigan.gov}}

The regiment was mustered out on August 7, 1861.

Commanders

Notes

[https://books.google.com/books?id=gY54AAAAMAAJ&q=Detroit+Light+Guard+of+Michigan Detroit Light Guard of Michigan 1900]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120921055901/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/spt/1225sptbn.htm Lineage]

References

External links

[http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionmi.htm The Civil War Archive]

Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Michigan

Category:Military units and formations established in 1861

Category:1861 establishments in Michigan

Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1861