6th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Heavy Artillery

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

6th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Heavy Artillery
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, 1865.

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.[1]

Commanders

Frederick W. Cortenius

Thomas S. Clark

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See also

Notes

  1. 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.

References

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