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Michigan Civil War
Eighth Regiment Infantry
During the retreat to Knoxville and the siege of that place, which was immediately commenced by the rebel forces, the regiment endured many hardships and privations, suffering especially from want. of sufficient food and proper clothing. The 8th during the entire siege occupied the front line of works. On the 29th of November, the regiment, with its brigade (1st of 1st division), together with Roemer's battery, held College Hill, one of the defenses of Knoxville, and as Longstreet advanced to the attack on Fort Saunders, opening his batteries with a furious cannonade, he was answered from College Hill by Roemer'a battery with telling effect.
Civil War
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