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First Infantry Civil War
First Michigan Infantry
Rendezvousing at Coldwater, the 1st returned to the front on the 10th of April, arriving at its old camping grounds, at Beverly Ford, April 18th.
Engaging in the campaign of 1864, with the Army of the Potomac, the regiment, in command of Colonel Throop, and then in the 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps, marched, on the 1st of May, to Brandy Station, and on the 4th crossed the Rapidan at Germania Ford. On the 5th the pickets discovered the enemy moving. Receiving orders to immediately attack as skirmishers, the regiment became engaged, and drove in the opposing advanced forces. During the action, which soon became general, the 1st lost a considerable number of men. It is claimed to have been the first infantry force of the army that attacked the enemy during the great campaign of 1864.
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