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Five men who began their military career in the 3rd Michigan ended the war as brevet generals: 

• Brigadier General Stephen Champlin began the war as Major
• Brigadier General Moses Houghton began as Captain of Company D
• Brigadier General Israel Smith began as a lieutenant in Company F
• Brigadier General Ambrose Stevens began as Lieutenant Colonel
• Major General Byron R. Pierce began as Captain of Company K (pictured above)

Of these five, only Champlin did not survive the war. 

Of the original Field & Staff:

• Colonel Dan McConnell remained a Colonel
• Lieutenant Colonel Ambrose Stevens became a Brevet Brigadier General
• Major Stephen Champlin became a Brevet Brigadier General
• Quartermaster Robert Collins ended the war as a Captain of Subsistence
• Dr. D. W. Bliss ended the war as a Colonel
• Dr. Zenas Bliss finished the war as Lieutenant Colonel
• Drum Major Valentine Rebhun was discharged for disability and reentered the 19th Michigan infantry 

Of the Musicians who served in the Old 3rd Michigan: 

• 2 would become Captains
• 2 became First Lieutenants
• 1 became a Second Lieutenant

Of the 10 original Captains: 

• Samuel Judd of Company A died a Captain
• Adolph Birkenstock of Company C ended the war a Sergeant
• Byron Pierce of Company K became a Brevet Major General
• Moses Houghton of Company D became a Brevet Brigadier General
• the rest remained captains

Of the 10 original First Lieutenants: 

• 5 became Captains
• 3 remained First Lieutenants
• Charles Spang of Company H ended the war a Private
• Fred Worden of Company F became a Lieutenant Colonel

Of the 9 original Second Lieutenants: 

• Israel Smith of Company E became a Brevet Brigadier General
• William Ryan of Company H became a Major
 2 became Captains
• 2 became First Lieutenants
• 2 remained Second Lieutenants
• George Phillips of Company D ended the war a Sergeant

Of 48 Sergeants: 

• Dan Root of Company K ended the war a Lieutenant Colonel
• Homer Thayer of Company G became a Major
• George Remington of Company F became an Adjutant
• 13 became Captains
• 5 became First Lieutenants
• 6 became Second Lieutenants
• 10 remained Sergeants
• 1 ended the war a corporal
• 9 came out of the war as Privates

Of 78 Corporals: 

• Don Lovell of Company A became a Major
• Peter Weber of Company A became a Major
• Milton Leonard of Company F a Captain
• 8 became Lieutenants
• 8 ended the war as Sergeants
• 27 remained corporals
• 17 ended the war as Privates

Four Privates would become Majors: Emery Moon, Dan Kennicutt, George Nairn, and Michael Long

• 8 privates would become Captains
• 11 became First Lieutenants
• 3 became Second Lieutenants
• 1 was a Naval Ensign.

Curiously, not one man who enlisted in the Old 3rd Michigan after June of 1861 became a commissioned officer.