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(10th)Tenth Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry
File:Flag of Michigan.svg
Michigan state flag
Active February 10, 1862 to August 1, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements Siege of Nashville
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Siege of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesboro
March to the Sea
Battle of Bentonville

The 10th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service[]

The 10th Michigan Infantry was organized at Flint, Michigan and mustered into Federal service for a three year enlistment on February 10, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on August 1, 1865.

The Tenth Michigan Infantry as it exists today is a Civil War Reenactment group dedicated to reliving history by first person impressions and educating on the history of the American Civil War through portrayals in schools, in parades and at local events throughout Michigan and the United States. [1] click this link for photos and other information.

Total strength and casualties[]

The regiment suffered 7 officers and 95 enlisted men who were killed in action or motally wounded and 2 officers and 223 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 327 fatalities.[1]

Commanders[]

  • Colonel

See also[]

  • List of Michigan Civil War Units
  • Michigan in the American Civil War

Notes[]

  1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf2.htm#10th 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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