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The 4th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 4th Michigan wore a very Americanized zouave uniform. This uniform consisted of a Federal dark blue 4 button sack coat, dark blue chasseur trousers, tan gaiters, and a maroon zouave fez with a light blue tassel.
Before the Civil War, President James Buchanan took a weak position amid a looming South secession crisis. [1] Secretary of State Lewis Cass of Michigan, a 78-year-old elder statesman who had been Michigan's U.S. senator and governor of Michigan Territory, resigned from Buchanan's cabinet in protest, remarking that "he had seen the Constitution born and now feared he was seeing it die".
The Michigan Cavalry Brigade was a brigade of volunteer cavalry during the latter half of the war. Composed primarily of the 1st, 5th, 6th and 7th Michigan Cavalry Regiments the Michigan Brigade fought in every major campaign of the Army of the Potomac from the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 to the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court ...
I have co-authored with Mary Johna Wein, ‘Soldiers Untold: Biographies of Civil War Soldiers from Wyandotte, Michigan,’ also, a history of the 18th Michigan Infantry,” Bertera said.Mike ...
Michigan in the American Civil War — people, places, and events associated with the state of Michigan during the Civil War. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
The 10th Michigan Infantry was organized at Flint, Michigan, and mustered into federal service for a three-year enlistment on February 6, 1862.. The regiment was organized in Flint during the fall and winter of 1861–62 with men from the following counties: Shiawassee, Livingston, Genesee, Midland, Saginaw, Oakland, Sanilac, St. Clair, Lapeer, Jackson, Eaton, and Hillsdale.
Capt. George A. Armstrong of Co. D, 7th Michigan Cavalry. The 7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed Michigan Brigade, commanded for a time by Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer.
The 3rd Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Private Michael Kane, 3rd Michigan Infantry, wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor, 1864.