Home and welcome to the research project for the Third MIchigan Infantry

Click here for the Regimental History For a year-by-year chronology of the movements of the Old Third, click one of the links below:

• 1861
• 1862
• 1863
• 1864
• Click to see the organizational chronology

The history is now available as an ebook! Buy the History on CD

Here you will find information on The Regiment itself

Who was court martialed?
Were any officers cashiered?
Were any men sent to prison?
How many deserted?
How many were taken prisoner? (check out the roster)
How many were wounded?
How many reenlisted reenlisted?
How many simply disappeared?
How many reentered the military
How many the Congressional Medal of Honor?
How many men served in the Old Third?
How many were promoted?
How many were drafted
How many were substitutes?

And you can also find information on The Men who served in the regiment

• How old were they?
• How tall were they?
• Where were they born?
• What were their occupations?
• What was their level of education?
• What were their religious preferences?
• How many died during the war?
• Who was the first and last to die?
• Where are they buried?
• How many were wounded?
• What disabilities did they suffer from?
• How many soldiers were related?
• What did they do after the war?
• How many were married? divorced? widower?
• How many had children?
• How many joined veterans groups?
• How many were forgotten by their comrades?

I've also started posting their biographies online

Here you can also find all the Company rosters

Company A
Company B
Company C
Company D
Company E
Company F
Company G
Company H
Company I
Company K
Staff
Unassigned

Old 3rd Association after the war the men formed a fraternal organization.

• Click here for a roster of the association members
• Click here for a full list of reunions

Burial locations

• Click here for a list of the known burial locations of the men of the Third Michigan Infantry.
  

Credits
Links

• For the latest information in the world of historical interpretation of the American Civil War and battlefield preservation check out the Civil War News.
  
• Wikipedia's entry on The 3rd Michigan Infantry
  
• Researching a civil war regiment? Someone might be out there doing the very same thing. Check out the following lists of researchers online: federal units and states A-I and states K-N
  
• Frederick Dyer's "A compendium of the war of the rebellion"
  
• Visting Gettysburg? Check out the Gettysburg National Park website
  
• The state of Michigan has several superb databases online. One of them is a searchable list of cemeteries statewide
  
• And yet another wonderful resource found in Lansing is the state holdings of photos. check out the state digital collection.
  
• Another state-sponsored websited deals with the successful efforts at preserving the many regimental state flags in Lansing. Check out The Michigan Flags website
  
• The Michigan Family databases is another excellent resource and is the repository of many records that have been transcribed and put onlien free of charge. And check out the 1894 veterans and widow census.
  
• And at the National Archives you can actually order pensions online.

Other projects

• E. Elden Davis is working on the Michigan Sharpshooters as well as a number of other Civil War-era units.
  
• Doug Adams of Pennsylvania is working on the history of the Red Diamond Division.
  
• Looking for the Fourth Michigan infantry?
  
• Looking for the Second Michigan infantry?