Michigan 8th Volunteer Infantry, Company B (Union)
23/09/1861
Organized - Michigan 8th Volunteer Infantry, Company B - Michigan
05/05/1864
Battle - Wilderness - Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Wilderness
The first battle between Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee erupted late in the morning of May 5, 1864, as Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren's Union V Corps attacked Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps on the Orange Turnpike southwest of the old Chancellorsville battlefield. Although Federal infantry managed to break through at several points, the Confederate line held. Fighting shifted to the south as Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill's Third Corps engaged Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock's II Corps and ele…READ MORE
30/06/1865
Mustered Out - Michigan 8th Volunteer Infantry, Company B - Michigan
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regiment -Michigan 8th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
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