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Michigan Civil War
Eighth Regiment Infantry
1st. That the testimonial accompanying the flag, together with the resolutions as passed, be entered upon the regimental records, and that the city of Flint be hereafter recognized as the headquarters in Michigan of the 8th Regiment Michigan Infantry.
2d. That our regimental device be the motto on the flag,
" One Country—One Destiny. "
3d. Side by side with that stand of colors, or in the van will be borne, while it lasts, the stars and stripes of bunting which were planted January 1st on the main shore of Ooosaw river, South Carolina, and April 16th, 1862, on Wilmington Island, Georgia. By order of Colonel Fenton.
GEORGE E. SWINSCOE, Lieutenant and Acting Adjutant.
Civil War
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