14th Michigan Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment

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

14th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Mounted Infantry
Michigan state flag
ActiveSeptember 8, 1863, to July 18, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchUnion Army
TypeMounted Infantry
EquipmentSpencer repeating rifle
EngagementsAmerican Civil War

Service

The 14th Michigan Mounted Infantry was converted from the 14th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 8, 1863, being both mounted and 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 246 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

See also

Notes

  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.

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