2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry
History

This is the closest I can get to the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry. Our Version of the history was created from information I collected from different sources

Private Church

On the 3rd of April the Regiment was engaged in the Capture of Petersburg, with slight loss, after which it moved to the South Side Railroad, about 18 miles from the city, remaining there until the 18th, when it embarked at City Point, under the command of Colonel Frederick Schneider, and reaching Alexandria, remained there a few days before moving into camp at Taneytown, near Georgetown, when on the 23rd day of May 1865, it passed in the Grand Review of the Army of the Potomac, before the President of the United States.

To see a painting of the Grand Review CLICK on grand. This will take a few minutes but I think it is well worth it.

On the 27th of May it was detached for duty in the city of Washington, where it went into its last camp, in Kalorama Park. Having been mustered out of service on July 28, it started out for Michigan, arriving in Detroit the 1st of August, where it received a great ovation by a very large concourse of citizens, in a grand welcome reception. On Aug. 8, it was paid off and disbanded.