At least 388 men of the Third Michigan Infantry were wounded during the war.

By company:

• A – 28
• B – 38
• C – 37
• D – 39
• E – 37
• F – 33
• G – 35
• H – 45
• I – 48
• K – 36
• F & S – 2
• UN – 1

By engagement:

• 92 men wounded on May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks
• 100 at Groveton (Second Bull Run)
• 41 at Chancellorsville
• 22 at Gettysburg
• 9 at Mine Run
• 63 at the Wilderness
• 24 at Spotsylvania

In the week of May 5-12, 1864, alone, the Third Michigan suffered 88 wounded (or nearly 23% of the total wounded).

The first man wounded in battle was probably Henry Kampe of Company C, at Germantown, Virginia, on July 17, 1861, the day before the Regiment was engaged at Blackburn’s Ford, near Bull Run.

The last man in the Third Michigan to be wounded was Philo Wier of Company G on June 10, 1864, and he subsequently died of his wounds on July 1.

The last Third Michigan member to be wounded in wartime was George D. Hill, while serving as a member of the First Michigan cavalry, on April 9, 1865.

Of the 388 men who were wounded while serving in the Third Michigan some 335, or more than 86% of the total wounded, suffered gunshot wounds gunshot wounds.Very few men of the Third Michigan were wounded by cannon fire and virtually no reports of men being wounded the bayonet although hand-to-hand combat did happen.

Inclusive of the entire war period, 426 men who served at one time or another in the Regiment suffered wounds, or 30% of the total enrolled.

Disabilities

Of 744 disabilities reported by the members of the Third Michigan during the war, 303 were disease and 403 were trauma of which 388 were gunshot wounds. Indeed, one man in four would be shot during the war, and more than half of the men who served in the Third Michigan at one time or another would be disabled from wounds or disease. At least 43 men suffered the loss of a limb.

List of disablities suffered during the war.