Michigan Cavalry Brigade

On the afternoon of July 3, 1863, the Michigan Cavalry Brigade under General George A. Custer helped defeat the further advance of a numerically superior Confederate force under General J.E.B. Stuart, which, in conjunction with Pickett's charge upon the center, attempted to turn the right flank of the Union army at a critical hour of the conflict. The brigade held the field from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. and suffered 257 casualties: the 1st Michigan lost 10 men killed, 6 officers and 37 men wounded, and 20 men missing; the 5th Michigan lost 1 officer and 7 men killed, 1 officer and 29 men wounded, and 18 men missing; the 6th Michigan lost 1 man killed, 2 officers and 24 men wounded, and 1 man missing; and the 7th Michigan lost 13 men killed, 4 officers and 44 men wounded, and 39 men missing. The First Michigan Cavalry was mustered in at Detroit, Michigan, on September 13, 1861, and mustered out at Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 10, 1866, with a total enrollment of 3244 officers and men; 10 officers and 92 men were killed, 5 officers and 46 men died of wounds, and 5 officers and 246 men died of disease, and it participated in 67 skirmishes and general engagements from Winchester, Virginia, on March 23, 1862, to Appomattox, Virginia, on April 9, 1865. The Fifth Michigan Cavalry was mustered in at Detroit, Michigan, on August 30, 1862, and mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on June 22, 1865, with a total enrollment of 1198 officers and men; 4 officers and 94 men were killed, 1 officer and 23 men died of wounds, and 3 officers and 23 men died of disease, for total casualties of 358, and it participated in 56 skirmishes and general engagements from Hanover, Pennsylvania, on June 30, 1863, to Appomattox, Virginia, on April 9, 1865. The Sixth Michigan Cavalry was mustered in at Grand Rapids, Michigan, on October 13, 1862, and mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on November 24, 1865, with a total enrollment of 1624 officers and men; 7 officers and 95 men were killed, 18 men were wounded, and 266 men died of disease, for total casualties of 386, and it participated in 59 skirmishes and general engagements from Hanover, Pennsylvania, on June 30, 1863, to Appomattox, Virginia, on April 9, 1865. The Seventh Michigan Cavalry was mustered in at Grand Rapids, Michigan, on January 16, 1863, and mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on December 15, 1865, with a total enrollment of 1779 officers and men; 2 officers and 47 men were killed, 2 officers and 24 men died of wounds, and 1 officer and 246 men died of disease, for total casualties of 322, and it participated in 56 skirmishes and general engagements from Hanover on June 30, 1863, to Appomattox, Virginia, on April 9, 1865.

Pennsylvania · United States