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First Infantry Civil War
First Michigan Infantry
Thus ended the eleventh day of a campaign which for all that tests the quality of a soldier surpasses all our former experience.
Great credit is due both officers and men for the cheerfulness and fortitude with which they endured fatigue, hardship, and danger. Though not brought into the most galling fire in this battle, yet they were trusted as veterans. We were, as will be seen from this report, marched and countermarched, and we have gained the cognomen of ' The Flying Brigade. ' The many changes of position noted above were to place us at threatened points, in accordance with a well-known practice in military maneuvers. During the battle we constructed four distinct series of breastworks, to whose protection other troops were uniformly committed, while we bore the brunt of battle in the open field.
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