1st Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

The 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed Michigan Brigade, commanded for a time by Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer.

Service
The 1st Michigan Cavalry was organized at Detroit, Michigan between August 21 and September 6, 1861. Among the initial officers was William d'Alton Mann, a future prominent Michigan newspaper and magazine publisher.

The regiment was mustered out of service on September 12, 1865.

Total strength and casualties
Over the span of its existence, the regiment carried a total of 2705 men on its muster rolls.

The regiment suffered 14 officers and 150 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 6 officers and 244 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 414 fatalities.

Commanders

 * Colonel Thornton F. Brodhead


 * Colonel Charles F. Town (Born: May 28, 1828; Died: May 7, 1865; Buried: Maple Lawn Cemetery, Elba, Genesee County, New York)