History of the Services of the First Regiment Michigan Engineers and Mechanics During the Civil War 1861-1865 by Charles R. Sligh (AUTHOR SIGNED) - 1921

Grand Rapids, MI: Self-Published by Author, 1921 Self-Published by Author, Grand Rapids, MI. 1921. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed by the author on the FFFP. Book is a bit loose in the spine; square, and unmarked but for former owner name on the FFFP. Book Condition: Good; wear to head, tail, and tips from shelving; scattered foxing to peripheral edges of pages. No DJ. Blue cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. 112 pp 4to. The 1st Michigan Engineers was organized at Marshall, Michigan and mustered into service on October 29, 1861. They rendezvoused at Camp Owen on the Calhoun county fairgrounds and were mustered out on September 22, 1865. The 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Engineers and Mechanics was an engineer regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. There were only ten other similar regiments in the Union Army. The Michigan unit was one of three engineering regiments raised in 1861, the other two being Missouri (August 1861) and New York (September 1861). Engineering regiments are often left off of many Order of Battles, but their contribution to campaigns were vital from a logistics point of view; repairing/building railroads, bridges and blockhouses; and destroying enemy communication lines, railroads and bridges. A clean presentable copy.