8th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
- 8th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 8th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
caption=Michigan state flag
dates= December 30, 1862 to September 22, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Cavalry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Nashville
The 8th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 8th Michigan Cavalry was organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan between December 30, 1862 and May 2, 1863.
The regiment was mustered out of service on September 22, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 1 officer and 41 enlistedmen killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 290 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 334 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmicav.htm#8th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. Retrieved June 19, 2007.]
Commanders
*Colonel
ee 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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