The Regiment was first commanded by Col Orlando Hurley Moore from Schoolcraft and then by Benjamin Orcutt from Kalamazoo, MI who became the Lt.

Major Dewitt C. Fitch of Mattawan, Surgeon was Bolivar Barnum of Schoolcraft.

On July 4, 1863 the 25th Michigan, Companies D, E, F, I, and K (about 250 men) defeated Gen John Hunt Morgan's Kentucky Cavalry Brigade, which numbered more than 2,400 troopers plus a Battery of Artillery.

The 25th Michigan was under the command of Col Orlando Hurley Moore and was armed solely with Model 1853 Enfield rifled muskets, a few pistols, and a few swords.

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