25th Michigan Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Kalamazoo, Mich., and mustered in September 22, 1862. Left State for Louisville, Ky., September 29. Attached to District of Louisville, Dept. of the Ohio, to December, 1862. District of Western Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863. Unattached, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps. Army of the Ohio, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Louisville, Ky., until December 9, 1862. Moved to Munfordsville December 9, and duty there until January 8, 1863. Operations against Morgan December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Action at Bacon Creek, near Munfordsville, December 26, 1862. Moved to Bowling Green, Ky., January 8, 1863, and duty there until March 26. Moved to Lebanon, Ky., March 26, and operations against Pegram's forces March 26-April 3. Provost and guard duty at Louisville until August. (Cos. "D," "E," "F," "I" and "K" moved to Lebanon June 10, thence to Green River Bridge. Action at Green River Bridge, Tebb's Bend. July 4.
- July 2-July 26, 1863 -
Morgan's Raid in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio
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Successfully repulse Gen. John Morgan and his command of 4,000 with a loss of 50 killed and 200 wounded.) Moved to Lebanon, Ky., August 17. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 17-October 17. March over Cumberland Mountains to Knoxville, Tenn., August 17-September 4. Duty at Loudon until November 9. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Moved to Kingston November 9, and duty there until December 4. Repulse of Wheeler's attack on Kingston November 24. Near Kingston December 4. March to Mossy Creek December 4-27. Action at Mossy Creek, Talbot Station, December 29. Duty at Mossy Creek until January 18, 1864. Moved to Knoxville January 18-21 and duty there until February 24. Advance to Morristown February 24-March 12. To Mossy Creek March 18 thence march to Red Clay, Ga., March 25-May 4.
- May 4-September 8, 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- May 9-13, 1864 -
Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia
- May 14-May 15, 1864 -
Battle of Resaca, Georgia
- Advance on Dallas May 18-25.
- May 25-June 5, 1864 -
Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
- Pickett's Mills May 27.
- Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
- Lost Mountain June 15-17.
- Muddy Creek June 17.
- Noyes' Creek June 19.
- Kolb's Farm June 22.
- Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
- Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
- Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
- Decatur July 19.
- Howard House July 20.
- July 22, 1864 -
Battle of Atlanta, Georgia
- July 22-August 25, 1864 -
Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
- Utoy Creek August 5-7.
- Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
- Lovejoy Station September 2-6.
- May 9-13, 1864 -
- Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 4-26.
Moved to Johnsonville, Tenn., November 2-5, thence to Centreville and guard fords of Duck River until November 28. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., until January 16, 1865. Moved to Washington, D.C., thence to Fort Fisher, N. C., January 16-February 15.
- February 18, 1865 -
Action at Fort Anderson, North Carolina
- February 19, 1865 -
Capture of Fort Anderson, North Carolina
Town Creek February 19-20. Capture of Wilmington February 22.
- January 1-April 26, 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21.
- Occupation of Goldsboro March 21.
- Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
- Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
- Bennett's House April 26.
- Surrender of Johnston and his army.
- Duty at Sailsbury, N. C., until June.
- Mustered out June 24, 1865.
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Regiment Statistical Information
- Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 34 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 141 Enlisted men by disease. Total 178.
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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 705, 707, 715, 735, 823, 824, 1292)