THIRD MICHIGAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY COMPANY F

The Third Michigan Monument at the Peach Orchard, Gettysburg, PA

It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - Abraham Lincoln, Nov 19, 1863.

NEW!!! Pictures of the original flags of the Third Michigan!!!

1861

June 13, 1861: The Third Michigan leaves Cantonment Anderson, south of Grand Rapids for Detroit. They leave with 1,040 men in ten companies.

June 16, 1861: The Third Michigan arrives in Washington DC.

July 1, 1861: The Third suffers it's first casualty. William Choates of Company C dies of fever.

July 18, 1861: The regiment comes under fire at Blackburn's Ford during the Bull Run campaign.

July 21, 1861: The Third assists in covering the Federal retreat after the First Battle of Bull Run.

1862

April 4, 1862: Siege of Yorktown.

May 5, 1862: The Third assists in driving back a Confederate counterattack at the Battle of Williamsburg.

May 31, 1862: Fair Oaks, Virginia

June 29, 1862: Savage Station, Virginia

June 29, 1862: Peach Orchard, Virginia

June 30, 1862: Glendale, Virginia

June 30, 1862: White Oak Swamp, Virginia

July 1, 1862: Malvern Hill, Virginia

August 29, 1862: 2nd Bull Run, Virginia

Sept 1, 1862: Chantilly, Virginia

Dec 13, 1862: Fredericksburg, Virginia

1863

May 1, 2 and 3, 1863: Chancellorsville, Virginia

July 2 and 3, 1863: Gettysburg, PA

July 23, 1863: Wapping Heights, VA

October 1, 1863: Auburn, VA

Nov 7, 1863: Kelly's Ford, VA

Nov 27, 1863: Locust Grove, VA

November 29 and 30, 1863: Mine Run, VA

1864

May 5-7: Wilderness

May 8, 1864: Todd's Tavern, VA

May 10, 1864: Po River, VA

May 12, 1864: Spotsylvania, VA. Benjamin Morse will win the Congressional Medal of Honor for capturing a stand of colors during this engagement.

May 23-24, 1864: North Anna, VA

May 28, 1864: Skirmish at Tolopotomy Creek, VA.

June 10, 1864: The Third Michigan is mustered out of Federal service.

Upon the Third's muster-out on June 10, 1864, its remaining men became Companies A, E, I, and F of the 5th Michigan Infantry. As such, they served through the siege of Petersburg, three battles of Hatcher's Run, and the pursuit of Lee's army to Appomattox.

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