(I) 1st Michigan Infantry
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- Organized at Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich., and mustered into United States service May 1, 1861 (the only three-months Regiment from Michigan)
- Left State for Washington, D.C., May 13
- May 24, 1861 -
Union Occupation of Alexandria, Virginia
- May 24, 1861 -
Union Occupation of Arlington Heights, Virginia
- Colonel Ellsworth becomes the first Union officer killed in the Rebellion - Attached to Department of Northeastern Virginia / 3rd Division (Heintzelman) / 2nd Brigade (Wilcox), Brigaded with:
- Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until July 16
- June 1, 1861 -
Skirmish at Arlington Mills, Virginia
- July 16-21, 1861 -
The Manassas Campaign
- Mustered out August, 7, 1861.
Regimental Roster
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Regiment Statistical Information
- Regiment lost 11 by disease
Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 271, 894, 895, 1281)