3rd Michigan Infantry
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps
(Front):Erected by the State of Michigan
To her martyrs & Heroes
who fought in defense of
liberty and union
3rd Michigan Inftry 3rd Brig. 1st Div. 3rd Corps.
Mustered in
at
Grand Rapids
Mich.
June 10th 1861.
Army Potomac
First Bull Run
to
Appomattox
(Back):July 2nd 1863.This regiment, deployed as skirmishers 150 yards in advance of this position, held the line extending from the Peach Orchard east to the woods, was the right of de Trobriand's Brigade, and connected with the left of Graham's.
Went into action with 19 officers, 267 men. - Total 286
Casualties.
7 men killed, 3 officers and 28 men wounded, 7 men missing - Total 45.
Marker is on Birney Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
