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Civil War Cavalry
On the following day possession was taken of Strasburg with an advance guard some four miles toward Woodstock.
General Williams (A. S. of Michigan) commanding the 1st division, department of the Shenandoah, in a report dated Williamsport, May 27, 1862, first enumerates the composition of his division, including the 1st Michigan Cavalry, and then says of its operations after the evacuation of Strasburg:
" This small command, of not over 3,600 infantry present for duty, ten Parrot and six brass smooth-bore guns,
Michigan Cavalry
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