There was only one regiment from Michigan that fought at two famous battles and barely survived. This regiment had recruited farmers, businessmen, and young boys to fight for a cause to free black men from slavery. There were multiple places across the state of Michigan that these new recruits were originated from. There locations below will represent where these soldiers left their homes and came together to fight together for the Federal Army.
This flag above is located at the Capital building in Lansing, Michigan. It contains multiple battle flags from the Civil War in its achieves. This regiment had multiple names from soldiers that fought within it depending on where they were recruited from in Michigan. Here are their communities below that are listed and on the map of southern Michigan:
- Union Guard of Port Huron (1)
- Curtenius Guard of Mason (2)
- Jonesville Light Guard (3)
- Monroe Light Guard (4)
- Tuscola Volunteers (5)
- Blair Guards of Farmington (6)
- Lapeer Guards (7)
- Prairieville Rangers (8)
- Burr Oak Ridge (9)
The 7th Michigan infantry left Monroe, Michigan, on September 5, 1861, with 884 officers and enlisted soldiers. The blue line that you see is the way how they got out of Michigan towards Washington D.C. They first took a ship across Lake Erie to Cleveland, and then a train for the rest of the trip. Here are the commanders and the symbol for the 2nd Corps below:
2nd Corps – Major General Edwin Sumner
2nd Division – Major General John Sedgwick, Brigadier General Oliver O. Howard
3rd Brigade – Brigadier General Napoleon J.T. Dana, Colonel Norman J. Hall
7th Michigan – Colonel Norman J. Hall, Captain Charles J. Hunt
They were stationed outside Washington D.C. from middle of September 1861 to March 1862 before being assigned to the 2nd Corps, 2nd Division, and 3rd Brigade.