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4th Cavalry
From the 1st to the 14th of August the regiment was employed as infantry, occupying a portion of the trenches in front of Atlanta that had been vacated by the 23d Army Corps. The, 4th Michigan lost 37 killed and wounded and 3 missing, including among the killed Lieutenant T. W. Sutton. The 4th, still in command of Major Mix, composed a part of General Kilpatrick's force while on his celebrated raid around the rebel army then defending Atlanta. This force consisted of the 3d division of cavalry, about 2,500 Strong, commanded in person by General Kilpatrick, Minty's and Long's brigades of the 2d cavalry division, numbering about 2,554, with two sections of the Chicago Board of Trade Battery, in command of Lieutenant Robinson.
Michigan Cavalry
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