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First Infantry Civil War
First Michigan Infantry
It joined in the pursuit of the enemy on the 5th, becoming engaged at Wil-liajnsport on the 12th, and on the 18th crossed the Potomac into Virginia, driving the rebels from Manassas Gap, engaging the enemy at Wapping Heights on the 21st, going into camp at Warrenton on the 27th and at Beverly Ford on the 8th of August. Here it remained until September 17th, when it crossed the Rappahannock at Beverly Ford, and marched to Culpepper Court House and encamped, after which, the regiment, together with the 18th Massachusetts and a squadron of the rid Pennsylvania cavalry, occupied the town of Culpepper, under command of Colonel- Throop, doing provost duty.
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