18th Michigan Infantry Regiment

18th Michigan Infantry Regiment
18th Michigan Infantry Regiment
Active	August 26, 1862, to June 26, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Defense of Cincinnati

The 18th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 18th Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at Hillsdale, Michigan, on August 26, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out of service on June 26, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 18 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 293 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 311 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

Colonel Charles Doolittle

Notes

http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf2.htm#18th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

References

The Civil War Archive

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[1] ttp://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf2.htm#18th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.