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Michigan Civil War
Eighth Regiment Infantry
The regiment again assisted in repelling the enemy's attack on our position.
The following mention is made in the Annual Cyclopedia for 1864 of the division (Willcox's) to which the regiment belonged at the engagement on the Weldon railroad, August 19th, where the 8th lost heavily:
On August 18th the 5th corps marched to Beam's Station, on the Weldon railroad, and surprised a body of the enemy guarding it, and took possession of the road. On the next day an impetuous charge was made on their right by three brigades of the enemy, under General Mahone.
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