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Michigan Civil War
Eighth Regiment Infantry
From this time to the 30th of July it was employed in the erection of fortifications. Being in the trenches, and almost constantly under fire, it lost a number of men, casualties occurring daily. On the 30th of July it participated in the engagement following the explosion of the mine, with one killed and; twelve wounded. Having moved to the Weldon railroad, it assisted, on
the 19th of August, in the repulse of the enemy's assault on our lines on that road, but sustained a loss of 30 in killed, wounded, and missing. Major Horatio Belcher fell in this engagement.
Civil War
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