Richards McMichael

Home State: Pennsylvania
Command Billet: Commanding Regiment
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry

see his Battle Report

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was appointed Lt Colonel as the 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry was organized on about 28 September 1861. He was absent, sick, while the Regiment fought on the Peninsula during the Spring and Summer of 1862. After Col Brooke was promoted to Brigade command on September 11, LCol McMichael commanded the regiment.

In the Antietam Campaign:

The remainder of the War:
He led the regiment at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and at the Wilderness, but Colonel McMichael was discharged on a surgeons certificate (illlness or injury) 19 May 1864.

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