6th Michigan Heavy Artillery Regiment

The 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery Regiment was an artillery regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

6th Michigan Heavy Artillery Regiment
Michigan state flag
ActiveJune 10, 1863, to August 20, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchArtillery
EngagementsBattle of Baton Rouge
Siege of Port Hudson

Service

The 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery was redesignated from the 6th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Port Hudson, Louisiana, as a reward for its performance at the Siege of Port Hudson.

The regiment was mustered out on August 20, 1861.[1][2]


Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 2 officers and 76 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 6 officers and 498 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 582 fatalities.[2]

Commanders

Frederick W. Cortenius

Thomas S. Clark

  • Captain

S. F. Craig[3]

See also

Notes

  1. "Battle Unit Details - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  2. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf1.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
  3. "Richard Brown searching for Capt. S. F. Craig ยท Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved 2022-12-16.

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