- 16th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 16th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry
caption=Michigan state flag
dates= July, 1861 toJuly 8 ,1865
country=United States
allegiance= Union
branch=Infantry
equipment=
battles=Peninsular Campaign Battle of Second Bull Run Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg Battle of Five Forks Appomattox Campaign The 16th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an
infantry regiment that served in theUnion Army during theAmerican Civil War .ervice
The 16th Michigan Infantry was organized at Plymouth and
Detroit, Michigan between July and September, 1861. Among the soldiers in the 16th was future Michigan state politicianHenry H. Aplin .Captain Edward Hill was awarded the
Medal of Honor for bravery in action during the 1864Battle of Cold Harbor .The regiment was mustered out of service on
July 8 ,1865 .Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 12 officers and 235 enlistedmen who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 143 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 390 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf2.htm#16th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]
Original field staff
*Colonel Thomas B. Stockton of
Flint, Michigan , age not available
*Lt. Colonel John V. Reuhle ofDetroit, Michigan , age not available
*Major Norval E. Welch ofAnn Arbor, Michigan , 26
*Surgeon Isaac Wixam ofArgentine, Michigan , 58
*Asst. Surgeon William H. Butler ofBuffalo, New York , 36
*Adjutant Thomas E. Morris ofEast Saginaw, Michigan , 26
*Quartermaster Miner S. Newell ofFlushing, Michigan , 32
*Chaplain William H. Brockway ofPlymouth, Michigan , 48ee also
*
List of Michigan Civil War Units
*Michigan in the American Civil War Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionmi.htm The Civil War Archive]
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