14th Infantry Division (United States)

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14th Infantry Division
14th Infantry Div WWI Wolverines.jpg
Active1918-1919
CountryUnited States
BranchUS Army
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
Garrison/HQCamp Custer, Michigan
Nickname(s)Wolverines
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Colonel Sam Burkhardt

Brigadier General Howard L. Laubach

Major General Grote Hutcheson

The 14th Infantry Division or "Wolverine Division" was a unit formed at Camp Custer, Michigan in July 1918. [1] In October 1918, Camp Custer was hit with the Great Influenza Epidemic and Brigadier General Howard Laubach put the entire post on quarantine shutting down theaters, dining facilities and shutting off the post from the nearby town. Even still, 674 soldiers and medical personnel died. [2] The Division completed training in August 1918 and the armistice was signed in November. The division was demobilized In January 1919 except those soldiers and subordinate units assigned to the Regular Army.

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References

  1. "Brief Histories of Divisions, US Army 1917-1918" (PDF). US Army War Plans Division: 23. June 1921 via Defense Technical information Center.
  2. Johnson, Kathy King (May 21, 2020). "Cheboygan Pandemic 1918". Cheboygan Daily Tribune. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
  3. "Order of Battle – American Forces – World War I". New River Notes. Retrieved July 6, 2025.