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The 19th Michigan Infantry was organized at Dowagiac in 1862. Under Colonel Henry C. Gilbert, it left camp on September 14, 1862, with 995 men and was mustered out of service on June 10, 1865. Its total enrollment was 1206. During its service, 54 were killed in action, 31 died of wounds, 7 died in Confederate prisons, 138 died of disease, and 182 were discharged for disability. In 1922, the Womans Relief Corps of Cass County, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, honored the 19th Michigan Infantry.
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Dowagiac, Michigan · United States
