14th Michigan Infantry Regiment

14th Michigan Infantry Regiment
14th Michigan Infantry Regiment
	State Flag of Michigan
Active	February 13, 1862, to July 18, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Union Army
Type	Infantry and Mounted Infantry
Engagements	Atlanta campaign; Battle of Kennesaw Mountain; Battle of Jonesboro; March to the Sea; Battle of Bentonville;

The 14th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

Organized at Ypsilanti and Detroit, Mich, Jan. 7-Feb. 18, 1862.
Mustered in February 13, 1862
Left State for St. Louis, Mo., April 17
Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Mississippi, to September, 1862.
2nd Brigade, 13th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862.
1st Brigade, 4th Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863.
1st Brigade, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, Cumberland, to June, 1863.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, Cumberland, to October, 1863.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, Cumberland, to December, 1863.
Columbia, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to May, 1864.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, Cumberland, to July, 1865.

Detailed Service

Advance on and Siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29 – May 30, 1862.
Actions at Farmington, Miss., May 3 and 9.
Reconnaissance toward Corinth May 8.
Pursuit to Booneville May 31 – June 12.
Reconnaissance toward Baldwyn June 3.
Buell's operations along Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June 13 – July 18.
At Tuscumbia, Ala., until September 1.
March to Nashville, Tenn., September 1–6.
Duty there until December 26.
Siege of Nashville September 12 – November 7.
Near Nashville November 5.
Near La Vergne November 7.
Advance on Murfreesboro December 26–30.
Guard trains to Murfreesboro January 2–3, 1863.
Duty at Murfreesboro until March 8.
At Brentwood until July 3 guarding line between Nashville and Franklin.
Duty at Nashville, Franklin and Columbia until May, 1864.
Action at Weem's Springs August 19, 1863 (Co. "C").
Regiment mounted September 8, 1863, and armed with Spencer Carbines.
Engaged in scout and patrol duty through Lawrence, Giles and Maury Counties, operating against guerrillas of that section.
Action at Lawrenceburg, Tenn., November 4, 1863.
Specially complimented by General Gordon Granger in General Order No. 38, dated November 8, 1863, for efficient services.
March to Join Sherman at Dallas, Ga., May 21 – June 4, 1864.
Atlanta Campaign June 4 to September 8, 1864.
Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10 – July 2.
Pine Hill June 11–14.
Lost Mountain June 15–17.
Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
Ruff's Station July 4.
Chattahoochee River July 5–17.
Peach Tree Creek July 19–20.
Siege of Atlanta July 22 – August 25.
Utoy Creek August 5–7.
Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25–30.
Battle of Jonesboro August 31 – September 1.
Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29 – November 3.
March to the sea November 15 – December 10.
Siege of Savannah December 10–21.
Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865.
Averysboro, N. C., March 16.
Battle of Bentonville March 19–21.
Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
Advance on Raleigh April 10–14.
Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
Bennett's House April 26.
Surrender of Johnston and his army.
March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29 – May 19.
Grand Review May 24.
Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 13.
Mustered out July 18, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 1 officer and 58 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 184 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 246 fatalities.

Commanders

Colonel Henry Rutgeras Mizner

References

1 2 3 Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines: Dyer Publishing. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

[Dyer-1] 1 2 3 Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines: Dyer Publishing. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.