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First Infantry Civil War
First Michigan Infantry
The Peninsula campaign having closed, the regiment, serving in the same brigade, division, and corps, returned with the army and entered on the campaign under General Pope. It became engaged with the enemy at Gainsville, August 29th, supporting Battery D, 3d U. S. Artillery, and losing one killed and one wounded, and on the nest day became heavily engaged at Bull Run.
The regiment, in command of Colonel Roberts, was in General Fitz John Porter's corps (5th), and had taken a position in some woods fronting the enemy's lines, and not far from one of his well posted and important batteries. The order was given to advance and dislodge the rebels and silence this battery, and at 4 P. M. the 1st Michigan, with the 13th New York and 18th. Massachusetts regiments of infantry, deployed column and advancing, a terrific infantry fire from a force in ambush and five unseen batteries opening a cross fire upon them with murderous effect, the 1st losing, within a few minutes, eight officers, and fifty per cent of the regiment were either killed or wounded.
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