The 3rd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry (Reorganized) was an infantry

Infantry

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 regiment

Regiment

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 that served in the Union Army

Union Army

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 during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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Service

The 3rd Michigan Infantry was organized at Adrian

Adrian, Michigan

As of the 2010 census Adrian had a population of 21,133. The racial and ethnic makeup of the population was 84.1% white, 4.4% black or African American, 0.6% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 5.9% from some other race and 4.0% from two or more races...

, Pontiac

Pontiac, Michigan

Pontiac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac, located within the Detroit metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 59,515. It is the county seat of Oakland County...

, and Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...

  and mustered into Federal service between August 24, 1861 and October 12, 1864. The new regiment assumed the number of the original 3rd Michigan

3rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 3rd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:At 8:30 on the morning of Thursday, June 13, 1861, ten companies of the Third Michigan infantry, led by its regimental band and the field and staff officers,...

that had been discharged at the completion of their enlistment on June 10, 1864.

The regiment was mustered out on June 10, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 1 enlisted man who were killed in action or motally wounded and 1 officers and 163 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 165
fatalities.