Twenty-eighth Regiment Infantry ” Ho! comrades! see the starry flag, broad waving at our head; Ho! comrades! mark the tender light on the dear emblems spread! Our fathers’ blood has hallowed it; ’tis part of their renown; And palsied be the catiff hand would pluck its glories down!” The 28th was formed by the consolidation [...]
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Twenty-eighth Regiment Infantry K. Captain, John E. McIver, Kalamo. First Lieutenant, Jeremiah B. Haney, Leighton. Second Lieutenant, William Duryee, Lee. On the 26th of October the 28th, in command of Lieutenant Colonel Delos Phillips, then a captain in the l?th Infantry, who had been commissioned but not mustered, left its rendezvous at Kalamazoo with 886 [...]
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Twenty-eighth Regiment Infantry arriving at Morehead City, N. C,, on the 24th, it took rail for Newbern, reaching there on the 25th, and on the 2d of March moved with its division (Rugers) toward Kingston, and joined General Cox, constituting a part of the force concentrating in the vicinity of Wilmington, intending to cooperate with [...]
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Twenty-eighth Regiment Infantry In this spirited engagement the regiment lost Lieutenant Mathew Holmes and six men killed, and thirteen wounded. ” The Annual Cyclopedia for 1865 say: On the 8th General Cox had advanced to Wise’s Forks, about one mite and a half below Southwest creek, behind which the force of the enemy, consisting of [...]
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TWENTY-NINTH REGIMENT INFANTRY. “To fight In a Just cause and for our country’s freedom Is the best office of the best men. ” In the orders authorizing the forming of the regiments raised during the year 1864, this regiment was designated as the 31st. The recruits which had been enlisted for the 30th having been [...]
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Twenth-ninth Regiment Infantry D. Captain, Charles G. Meyer, East Saginaw. First Lieutenant, John A. Berger, Frankenmuth. Second Lieutenant, Frederick Van Vliet, Bloomfield. E. Captain, Andrew J. Patterson, Owosso. First Lieutenant, Sidney G. Main Owosso. Second Lieutenant, William F. Close, Byron. F. Captain, George T. Swimm, St. Charles. First Lieutenant, Horace Blackmer, Bridgeport. Second Lieutenant, John [...]
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Twenth-ninth Regiment Infantry “When the rebel General Hood was on his northern campaign in 1864, for the purpose of overrunning Tennessee, getting possession of Nashville and Louisville, and threatening the cities on the Ohio river, the 29th Michigan (recruited and rendezvoused under the supervision of Hon. John F. Driggs, M. C. ) under command of [...]
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Twenth-ninth Regiment Infantry “Battery A, 1st Tennessee light artillery, supported by the reserve picket of the 18th Michigan that had been ordered up, soon got into position in a small redoubt commanding the Somerville road and vicinity, and at once opened fire on the enemy’s line of battle. The 10th Indiana cavalry had also been [...]
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Twenth-ninth Regiment Infantry It was ascertained that the attack was made by Walthal’s division, 5, 000 strong, of Stewart’s corps, Hood’s army, and was fought by Colonel Doolittle with less than 500 men and a small amount of artillery. During the night of the 26th the Union forces were receiving reinforcements, and on the 27th [...]
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Twenth-ninth Regiment Infantry The exemplary conduct, vigorous and slendid fighting of colonel Saylor’s regiment and his officers, although less than a month in the field, could scarcely have been excelled by long tried veterans. ” From the Adjutant General’s report: ” On the 31st of October, 1864, this regiment was stationed at Deeatur, Ala., garrisoning [...]
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