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Michigan Civil War
Eleventh Regiment Infantry
At the depot a crowd of copperheads were found firing a salute in his honor when they were beset by the soldiers, their gun tumbled down a steep embankment, breaking the carriage to pieces; then the gun was put on their train and brought to Michigan, where it is said still to remain.
On the 1st of July, 1863, the regiment was engaged in a sharp skirmish at Elk river, with a Ioss of one officer taken prisoner. After the conclusion of this movement of the army the 11th went into camp at Decherd, Tenn., where it remained until the advance into Georgia on the 1st of September.
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