the first battle of the civil war took place on april 1861.
when did the first battle of the civil war take place?
april 1861
at the outbreak of the american civil war, many state militia and volunteer companies eagerly rushed to join the union army, and often got to fight as a unit. the detroit light guard was one such company, and was soon designated as a company, 1st michigan volunteer infantry regiment, after it joined up on 25 april 1861. the 1st michigan was soon mustered into federal service for three months on 1 may in detroit. this "three-months regiment" would go on to fight in the first major battle of the civil war; the first battle of bull run, where the union was defeated by confederate troops. despite this inauspicious start, the 1st michigan was reorganized into a "three-years regiment" on 16 september 1861 in ann arbor, michigan. the detroit light guards, now a company, would have much hard fighting ahead of them. they would go on to fight in the peninsular campaign, the second battle of bull run, the battle of antietam, the battle of fredericksburg, the battle of chancellorsville, and the battle of gettysburg. after all this fighting, the men of the 1st michigan were battle-hardened, and the regiment was officially reorganized on 1 march 1864 as the 1st michigan veteran volunteer infantry. these veterans would go on to engage the confederates in the battle of the wilderness, the battle of cold harbor, the siege of petersburg, and the battle of five forks. the regiment suffered 15 officers and 172 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 149 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 337 fatalities. the men were finally able to return home when they were mustered out in jeffersonville, indiana on 9 july 1865.
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