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United States Civil War
FIFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
'Tis the wink of an eye,
'tis the draught of a breath,
From the blossom of health to the paleness of death. "
Colonel Gilluly, under an impression that his courage had been misrepresented to the brigade commander, and having a manly and most sensitive nature, went into this action with a determination to refute any such representation by a display of bravery most convincing; consequently he led his regiment mounted. Knowing it was a most hazardous undertaking, he called the recollection of Lieutenant H. B. Blackman, of Howell, then quartermaster of the regiment, to a mutual agreement made by them on entering the service that should either fait, every effort should be made by the other to recover the body and see that it was properly buried in Michigan. As has been already stated, the Colonel fell.
Civil War
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