Onward, then, our stainless banner. Let it kiss the stripe and star, Till in weal and woe united They forever wedded are. We will plant them by the river, By the Gulf, and by the strand, Till they float, to float forever, O’er a free, united land. ” The 6th, another of the camp of [...]
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E. Captain, James Winters, Marshall. First Lieutenant, Sylvester Cogswell, Marshall. Second Lieutenant, Charles Heine, Marshall. F. Captain, John Cordon, Saline. First Lieutenant, Henry A. Harris, Saline. Second Lieutenant, Seymour Howell, Saline. G. Captain, Chauncey J. Bassett, Allegan. First Lieutenant, Henry Stark, Otsego. Second Lieutenant, Alfred C. Wallin, Chicago, Ill. H. Captain, Smith W. Fowler, Jackson. [...]
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The citizens of Kalamazoo procured for the 6th Infantry an elegant banner of the regulation standard. On a blue field were fine decorations in gold letters, and among the stars the single inscription, “Do your duty. ” The flag was sent by the Hon. H. G_. Wells to the Regiment while in camp at Baltimore, [...]
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On March 4th, with the 4th Wisconsin and 21st Indiana, the regiment embarked on transport steamer “Constitution, ” and proceeding to sea passed under fire of rebel batteries on Sewell’s Point, disembarked at Ship Island, Miss., on the 13th of March, where it remained until April 14th, when, with the 4th Wisconsin and 21st Indiana, [...]
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The object of the expedition was the capture of a train of cars on the New Orleans and Jackson railroad, cut the road and destroy bridges, which being successfully accomplished the force returned, arriving’at Kennar on the 10th, where it embarked on steamers and proceeded to Baton Rouge, then in command of General Thomas Williams, [...]
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This was a most unaccountable proceeding on the part of the commander, as the regiment had not deserved in any manner so unreasonable a test of its discipline, nor such a contemptible discrimination against it in favor of another regiment, and it is presumed that had he lived but a short time longer the gallantry [...]
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On August 5th, while that place was being heavily attacked by the rebel forces under Breckenridge, the regiment then in command of Captain Charles E. Clark, the ranking officers being in arrest, received and repulsed with spirit the principal attack by the rebel troops in command of General Clark, of Mississippi, against the right wing [...]
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The name of the lamented and gallant General Williams has already passed into history. “The 6th Michigan fought rather by detachments than as a regiment, but deserves the fullest commendation for the gallant behavior of its officers and men. Companies A, B, and F, under command of Captain Cordon, receive special mention for the coolness [...]
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Lieutenant G. Weitzel (afterwards major general), then Chief Engineer Department of the Gulf, and present with the troops in the engagement, says in his official report: “Three companies of the 6th Michigan covered themselves with glory in recovering from a large force two guns, posted on the right of the Magnolia Cemetery, which temporarily were [...]
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Extract from the report of Colonel N. A. M. Dudley, commanding the right wing: “The 6th Michigan, under Captain Clark, acting lieutenant colonel, moved up to the support of Nims’s battery in elegant order. Its assistance came most fortunately, for it was clear the enemy intended to outflank us at this point. Nobly did Colonel [...]
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