Michigan During the Civil War by Matthew Boeke

Austin Blair Governor of Michigan Political Figure

matthewboeke — 2024-01-03 16:23:43 UTC

Austin Blair political position was governor, He was ready to support the union in the war and almost wanted war with the south calling 75k men when the union joined the war.

War Contribution's

matthewboeke — 2024-01-03 16:28:40 UTC

Michigan was very clear in there efforts of supporting the war such as when they supplied the north with 90,000 troops and 1,387 colored troops in that total They also supplied guns and equipment for the union also they also had notable spies such as Sarah Emma Edmonds who was also a nurse along with Julia Susan Wheelock and also had women secretly work in the army such as Lorinda Anna Blair Etheridge.

7th Michigan Volunteer Infantry

matthewboeke — 2024-01-04 16:15:27 UTC

The 7th Michigan volunteer infantry was made up of 2,727 men took part in some major battles such as Fair Oaks and during Fair Oaks one of their soldiers exhibited bravery and was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Casualties from michigan divisions

matthewboeke — 2024-01-04 16:33:06 UTC

Officer Deaths-

Death on Contact-177

Death of Injury-88

Death of Disease-96

Enlisted Deaths-

Death on Contact-2,643

Death of Injury-1,302

Death of Disease- 10,040

General Information

matthewboeke — 2024-01-04 19:09:11 UTC

No battles took place in Michigan during the civil war, Michigan was a very less directly involved not having battles on their land but giving supplies and troops made them involved in some way their land was not affected because there were no battles on there land.