Five soldiers who began their military career in the Third Michigan ended the war as brevet generals:

• Brigadier General Stephen Champlin - began as Major
• Brigadier General Moses Houghton - began as Captain of Company D
• Brigadier General Israel Smith - began as a lieutenant in Company F
• Brigadier General Ambrose Stevens - began as Lieutenant Colonel
• Major General Byron R.Pierce - began as Captain of Company K
  

Of these five, only Champlin did not survive the war.

Of the original Field & Staff:

• Colonel Dan McConnell remained a Colonel
  
• Lieutenant Colonel Ambrose Stevens became a Brevet Brigadier General
  
• Major Stephen Champlin became a Brevet Brigadier General
  
• Quartermaster Robert Collins ended the war as a Captain of Subsistence army
  
• Dr. D. W. Bliss ended the war as a Colonel
  
• Dr. Zenas Bliss finished the war as Lieutenant Colonel
  
• Drum Major Valentine Rebhun reentered the Nineteenth Michigan infantry
  

Of the 10 original Captains:

• Samuel Judd of Company A died a Captain
  
• Adolph Birkenstock of Company C ended the war a Sergeant
  
• Byron Pierce of Company K became a Brevet Major General
  
• Moses Houghton of Company D became a Brevet Brigadier General
  
• and the rest remained captains.
  

Of the 10 original First Lieutenants:

• 5 became captains
  
• 3 remained First Lieutenants
  
• Charles Spang of H company ended the war a Private
  
• Fred Worden of Company F became a Lieutenant Colonel
  

Of the 9 original Second Lieutenants:

• Israel Smith of Company E became a Brevet Brigadier General
  
• William Ryan of Company H became a Major
  
• 2 became captains
  
• 2 became First Lieutenants
  
• 2 remained Second Lieutenants
  
• George Phillips of Company D ended the war a Sergeant.
  

Of 48 Sergeants:

• Dan Root of Company K ended the war a Lieutenant Colonel
  
• Homer Thayer of Company G became a Major
  
• George Remington of Company F became an Adjutant
  
• 13 became Captains
• 5 became First Lieutenants
  
• 6 became Second Lieutenants
  
• 10 remained Sergeants
• 1 ended the war a corporal
  
• 9 came out of the war as Privates.
  

Of 78 Corporals:

• Don Lovell of Company A became a Major
  
• Peter Weber of Company A became a Major
  
• Milton Leonard of Company F a Captain
  
• 8 became Lieutenants
  
• 38 ended the war as Sergeants
  
• 27 remained corporals
  
• 17 ended the war as Privates
  

Four Privates would become Majors:

• Emery Moon
  
• Dan Kennicutt
  
• George Nairn
  
• Michael Long
  

Additionally:

• 8 privates would become Captains
  
• 11 became First Lieutenants
  
• 3 became Second Lieutenants
  
• 1 was a Naval Ensign
  

Of the Musicians who served in the Third Michigan:

• 2 would become
• Captains
  
• 2 became First
• Lieutenants
  
• 1 was commissioned a Second Lieutenant

Curiously, not one man who enlisted in the Regiment after June of 1861 became a commissioned officer.