6th Michigan Heavy Artillery Regiment

6th Michigan Heavy Artillery Regiment
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Active	June 10, 1863, to August 20, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Artillery
Engagements	Battle of Baton Rouge Siege of Port Hudson

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

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, 1861.[1][2]

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.[2]

Commanders

• Colonel

Frederick W. Cortenius

Thomas S. Clark

• Captain

S. F. Craig[3]

See also

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

Notes

1. "Battle Unit Details - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
2. 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.
3. "Richard Brown searching for Capt. S. F. Craig · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". informationwanted.org. Retrieved December 16, 2022.

References

• The Civil War Archive