The combat deepens, on, ye braves, Who rush to glory or the grave! Wave, Michigan! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry!” The reorganization of the First Regiment for three years commenced on June 28th, 1861, and prior to the return of the three months regiment to the State. Lieutenant Colonel Loren [...]
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Second Lieutenant, Oliver C. Comstock, Marshall. F. Captain, William A. Throop, Detroit. First Lieutenant, Emory W. Belton, Chelsea. Second Lieutenant, Wilkins Bloodgood, Detroit. G. Captain, G. Collins Lyon, Jackson. First Lieutenant, Edward Pomeroy, Jackson. Second Lieutenant, Philander C. Perry, Ann Arbor. H. Captain, Charles E. Wendell, Detroit. First Lieutenant, George C. Hopper, Detroit. Second Lieutenant, [...]
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Subsequently, in command of Colonel Roberts, it proceeded to the Peninsula and entered on the campaign, serving in the 1st brigade, 1st division, 5th corps, under McClellan. It was engaged at Mechanicsville, June 26th; at Gaines’s Mills, June 17th; at Peach Orchard, June 29th, and at Savage Station on the same day. At Turkey Bend, [...]
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The men, under these trying circumstances, behaved coolly and with much bravery, standing their ground like veterans, and not until success became hopeless and the order to retreat was given did they fall back, and then in good order, when they resumed their former position in the woods, and reformed with their division. Had there [...]
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Colonel Roberts was an active, efficient, brave, beloved, and is now a sincerely lamented leader. Captains Wendell, Alcott, Whittlesey, Pomeroy, and Lieutenants Arnold, Garrison, and Bloodgood were excellent officers, whose loss will be felt by the regiment, and mourned by their personal acquaintances. The regiment went into battle with twenty officers and two hundred and [...]
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But strew his ashes to the wind Whose sword or voice has served mankind, And is he dead, whose glorious mind Lifts thine on high? To live in hearts we leave behind Is not to die. ” General Pope, in his report, thus describes the conflict of the 30th: ” The- enemy’s heavy reinforcements having [...]
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After the disastrous affair at Bull Run, the regiment, in command of Captain E. W. Belton, entered on the MeClellan campaign in Maryland, and was in the engagement at Antietam on September 17th, and on the 20th was engaged with the enemy at Shepardston Ford. After the death of Colonel Roberts, Lieutenant Colonel Frank W. [...]
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On Tuesday morning our march was resumed and early on Wednesday morning we crossed the Rappahannock on pontoons, near ‘Kelly’s Ford, ‘ distance twenty-eight miles from our old camp. Turning southward, the Rapidan was reached about sundown, and crossing the river, whose waters were waist deed at ‘Ely’s Ford, ‘ we encamped upon the steep [...]
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