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First Infantry Civil War
First Michigan Infantry
From the 2d of October to the 27th the regiment was engaged principally in throwing up fortifications, and on the latter date moved toward the South
Side railroad, but the movement not succeeding, it returned to camp on the 29th, and remained there on the 31st of October.
During the month of November it was encamped at Peebles's Farm, Va., before Petersburg, doing duty on the picket line, and in constructing fortifications. On the 6th of December the 5th corps, to which it was attached, started on a raid along the Weldon railroad. • After crossing the Nottaway river, the regiment assisted in destroying several miles of that railroad. Proceeding as far as Hicksford, it returned, arriving at its former encampment on the 12th. Remaining there until February 5th, 1865, it broke camp and moved to the left of the line, and in command of Colonel Geo.
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