It was a part of the famed Michigan Brigade, commanded by Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer for a time.

Among the initial officers was William d'Alton Mann, a future prominent Michigan newspaper and magazine publisher.

Over the span of its existence, the regiment carried a total of 2,705 men on its muster rolls.

[1] 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.

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