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Michigan Civil War
Eighth Regiment Infantry
On the 5th of December, 1863, the rebels withdrew from in front of Knoxville, and the 8th engaged in the pursuit as far as Rutledge, but on the 16th returned to Blain's Cross Roads, where it encamped. Two hundred and eighty-three of the regiment having reenlisted as veteran volunteers, on the 8th of January, 1864, commenced its march across the mountains by way of Cumberland Gap, on its way to Detroit to report. On the 19th of January it arrived at Nicholasville, Kentucky, having performed a march through icy passes and rough mountain roads of nearly 200 miles in ten days. The regiment arrived at Detroit on the 25th and was furloughed for thirty days.
Civil War
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