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First Sharp Shooters
Raise the banner, raise it high, boys!
Let it float against the sky;
God be with us!' this our cry,
boys; Under it we'll do, or die. "
The organization of the 1st Sharp-shooters began in the fall of 1862, under the direction of Colonel C. V. DeLand, its quarters being at Kalamazoo. In the spring of 1863 it went into rendezvous at Dearborn.
The recruitment of the regiment was partially completed July 7, 1863, when it was mustered into the United States service, with six companies, four other companies being subsequently mustered.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Colonel, Charles V. DeLand, Jackson. Lieutenant Colonel, William H. H. Beadle, Ann Arbor. Major, John Piper, Battle Creek. Surgeon, Arvin T. Whelan, Hillsdale. Assistant Surgeon, George L. Cornell, St. Clair. Second Assistant Surgeon, Jacob McNett, Grand Haven. Adjutant, Edward J. Buckbee, Ypsilanti. Quartermaster, David G, Palmer, Jackson. Chaplain, David A. Heagle, Detroit.
Michigan Sharpshooters
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