Michigan 1st United States Lancer Regiment

Historical Notes:
Colonel Arthur Rankin attempted to raise a regiment of Canadians to serve in the Union Army. The unit was organized at Detroit, Saginaw and St. John, Mich. November 30, 1861, to February 20, 1862. Mustered out March 20, 1862. Col. Rankin was arrested under the Foreign Enlistment Act and forced to resign from the Union Army. No record of service for this unit has been found. Officers:
Colonel Arthur Rankin of Windsor, Ontario Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 883 men.

Company A -Wayne County

Company B -Oakland County

Company C -Kent County and Wayne County

Company D -Essex County

Company E -Saginaw County and Wisconsin

Company F -Lenawee County

Company G -St. Clair County

Company H -Wayne County

Unassigned Company -Wayne County

Bibliography for Research:
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U. S. Government Printing Office. Official Records of the American Civil War Davenport, IA. Eastern Digital Resources.

Clark, James S. 'General Lyon and the Fight for Missouri.' In War Sketches and Incidents (MOLLUS, IA, Vol. 2). Des Moines, IA: Kenyon, 1897. pp. 274-92 (10 photocopied pages). E464M5.1991v56.

Michigan. Legislature. Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865. 46 vols. Kalamazoo: Everard, 1903. Minnesota.

Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866. Roseville: Park Genealogical Books, 1997. Ingersoll, Lurton D. Iowa and the Rebellion.... Phila: Lippincott, 1867. E507I47. Brief Regimental Histories

Iowa. AGO. Roster and Records of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion Together With Historical Sketches of Volunteer Organizations, 1861-1865. Vol. 1. Des Moines, IA: E.H. English, 1908. UA43I82v1.

Ritner, Jacob B. Love and Valor: The Intimate Civil War Letters Between Captain Jacob and Emeline Ritner. [Ed by Charles F. Larimer] Western Springs, IL: Signourney, 2000. 453 p. E507.5.1st.L68.

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