Service
The 6th Michigan Infantry was organized by Francis William Kellogg at Kalamazoo, Michigan, and mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on August 20, 1861.
The regiment was converted to the 6th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Heavy Artillery on June 10, 1863, by the order of Major General Nathaniel Banks for distinguished service in the Siege of Port Hudson.
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