19th Michigan Infantry Regiment

January 2025 19th Michigan Infantry Regiment September 5, 1862, to June 10, 1865 United States Union Infantry Battle of Thompson's Station Battle of Resaca Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Siege of Atlanta March to the Sea Battle of Bentonville Battle of Brentwood Michigan U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861–1865 18th Michigan Infantry Regiment 20th Michigan Infantry Regiment The 19th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 19th Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at Dowagiac, Michigan, on September 5, 1862. Among the soldiers was Frank Baldwin, who would go on to become one of only nineteen men to ever receive two Medal of Honor citations, one for the Civil War and another after the war while fighting the Indians in the U.S. Cavalry. At the Battle of Thompson's Station, March 5th, 1863, the regiment was captured. Losses were 20 killed, 92 wounded, 345 captured, total 457.Fox, William F., Lt.-Col., 'Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865', Albany, N.Y., 1889, p. 435. The regiment was mustered out of service on June 10, 1865. Total strength and casualties The regiment suffered 7 officers and 88 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 160 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 255 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf2.htm#19th 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 Henry C. Gilbert Lieutenant Colonel William R. Shafter See also List of Michigan Civil War Units Michigan in the American Civil War References Citations 30em Sources 40em yes Save the Union : Franklin G. Rice's Diary of the 19th Michigan Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War : Period of Service 1862-65 Rice, Franklin G., author.| Rice, John C.| 2020 The Civil War Archive CIVIL WAR INDEX The Civil War-Battle Unit Details-UNION MICHIGAN VOLUNTEERS Further reading 40em yes Lester, Robert, and Gary Hoag. Civil War Unit Histories [Part 4], The Union, Midwest and West . Bethesda, Md: University Publications of America, 1994. 31265675 Michigan, and George H. Turner. Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865 [Nineteenth Infantry]. Lansing, Mich.: [Michigan Adjutant-General's Dept.], 1905. 36834285 Rice, Franklin G. Diary of 19th Michigan Volunteer Infantry During Their Three Years Service in the War of the Rebellion. Big Rapids, Mich.?: s.n, 1970. 17337715 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Michigan Category:1865 disestablishments in Michigan Category:1862 establishments in Michigan Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865