Total Strength and Casualties
Over its existence, the regiment carried a total of 2074 men on its muster rolls.
The 9th Michigan lost 2 officers and 22 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 281 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 309 fatalities.
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