16th Michigan Infantry

Alternate Designations: Stockton’s Independent Regiment.

Commander: Lt. Col. Norval E. Welch (ca. 1835-Sept. 30, 1864).

Numbers: 356; 23 killed, 34 wounded, 3 missing.

Raised: Wayne, Saginaw, Ionia, and Ontonagon

Dedicated: June 12, 1889.

Location: Located on Vincent’s Spur on the southern slope of the hill. It marks the position held by the 16th regiment on July 2, 1863.

Description: A rectangular Westerly granite block monument decorated on front with musket, Maltese cross, bronze State Seal and Shield. The monument is set atop a two-tiered pedestal on boulder. Incised inscriptions are on the east and west with a bronze state seal on the east. Flanking markers are apex topped, one foot square.

National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN95.

Sculptor: Smith Granite Company, fabricator.

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