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Battery C
This gun had been spiked and otherwise injured before being abandoned, but was put in order by the battery. On the march from Raleigh it was drawn by two horses at the head of the battery, passing through Petersburg, Richmond, and on to Washington, every where exciting much interest. It was turned over to the State by the battery on its return to Michigan, and is now in the armory at Lansing.
On September 16th following the battery, in command of Captain Dees, was sent from Burnsville on a reconnaissance towards Iuka, Miss., made by the 2d brigade, 2d division, Army of the Mississippi. About six miles from that place the command was met by the enemy's pickets, which were driven in, and the force advanced.
Civil War Batteries
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