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First Infantry Civil War
First Michigan Infantry
At midnight (on Friday, 1st) this position was abandoned and the brigade was posted upon a road leading from Chancellorsville to the Rappahannock, and strong barricades were constructed to protect the left flank of the army and our communications to the above river.
" At this honorable post we remained until late in the afternoon of Saturday, when we were ordered to move further to the right to strengthen a point threatened by the enemy. During this time we had a strong picket force in advance of our front. At 11 o'clock P. M. we were relieved by a portion of Howard's 11th corps, taking a new position near Chancellorsville, where we remained until 6 o'clock on Sunday, when we were again moved out on the road leading to the ' United States Ford, ' to a point not far from the ' White House,
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