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Michigan Civil War
Eleventh Regiment Infantry
The enemy left their position at Kenesaw Mountain on the 2d of July, and on the 3d the regiment moved in pursuit. An incident occurred during this pursuit which has been kindly furnished by James W. King, now of the Lansing Republican, then quartermaster sergeant of the 11th, who was present at the time of its occurrence, which serves to show the practical and positive character of that grand hero General George H. Thomas. King says:
"Johnson's division of the 14th corps, then in command of Gen-
eral John H. King, U. S. A., a native of Michigan, was moving along the main road, and about four miles south of Marietta,
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