Michigan raised more than 90,000 men for the Union. The Michigan regiments included 34 infantry regiments, 11 cavalry regiments, one sharpshooter regiment, one engineer regiment, many smaller independent units, and about 600 men in the Union Navy,

14,753 Michigan soldiers died in service, roughly 1 of every 6 who served. 4,448 of these deaths were combat deaths while the majority, over 9000, were from disease…

Michigan Resources Table of Contents

Do the large number of resources available,

 

 

Michigan in the War

Historical information on Michigan’s involvement in the Civil War including operations in the state, on the battlefield, and an alphabetical list of officers showing residence, enlistment date, regiment, promotions, and date mustered out.

Available online from the Hathi Trust Digital Library and through Google Books.

Michigan. and Jno. Robertson, Michigan in the War. (Lansing: W. S. George & co., State Printers, 1882).

 

Seeking Michigan

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Michigan in the War (Online)

Created by Civil War enthusiast Don Harvey, Michigan in the War contains a wealth of information on Michigan regiments during the war, transcribed rosters, and burial locations of Michigan Veterans.

Census

1890:  https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Fwaypoint%2F9258990%3Fcc%3D1877095

1883, 1894, 1990, 1910, 1930

https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Union_Census_Records

 

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