Introduction
The following statistics are according to Don Harvey, Creator of the Michigan in the Civil War1861 - 1865 website.
During the war, Michigan fielded 31 Regiments of "INFANTRY", 11 Regiments of "CAVALRY" , 14 Batteries of "ARTILLERY", 1 Regiment of "SHARPSHOOTERS", and 1 Regiment of "ENGINEERS".As the men who volunteered exceeded Michigan's quotas, many men joined "UNITS IN OTHER STATES". Of these 90,000 Michigan men who left their homes, farms, businesses and loved ones many were to become one of 359,755 "DEATHS BY STATES" statistic of the Union deaths in the Civil War. Thousands were to return maimed and disabled, 14,434 never to return at all, most of whom rest beneath a stone marked, "UNKNOWN"; except, to the rest of their comrades, when they arrived at the final "BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD".
Among the many Civil War regiments that Michigan had provided to the Union Army, a few have been captured in book form with a first hand account. Among those are the 7th Michigan Cavalry and Battery D of 1st Michigan Light Artillery. The books give you a peek into what a Michigan soldier encountered during the Civil War.
Seventh Michigan Cavalry of Custer's Wolverine Brigade.
To the Sound of Musketry and tap of the Drum. (Battery D of 1st Michigan Light Artillery)