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Michigan Civil War
Eighth Regiment Infantry
On September 19th the regiment commenced to march back into Virginia again, via Sharpsburg and Harper's Ferry. On the 24th Colonel Fenton returned to the regiment and assumed command of the 1st brigade, while Major Ely was in command of the 8th.
The regiment left Waterford, Va., on the 2d of November, 1862, and arrived at Falmouth on the 18th, where it lay until the 12th of December, doing provost duty for its division. It crossed with the army to Fredericks-burg, but sustained no loss in the battle at that place. It remained near Fal-lnonth until the 13th of February, 1863, when it moved to Newport News, encamping there until the 19th of March.
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