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8th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
File:Flag of Michigan.svg
Michigan state flag
Active December 30, 1862 to September 22, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Cavalry
Engagements Battle of Nashville

The 8th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service[]

The 8th Michigan Cavalry was organized at Mt. Clemens, 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 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 290 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 334 fatalities.[1]

Commanders[]

  • Colonel

See also[]

  • List of Michigan Civil War Units
  • Michigan in the American Civil War

Notes[]

  1. 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.

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