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Michigan Flags of the Civil War
Flags of Michigan
He is the venerated "great war eagle" of the northern and western aborigines, and his caudal feathers are extremely valued for talismanic head dresses, and as sacred decorations for the "pipe of peace. "
In the mode of getting his living, which nature gave him, and for which he cannot be held responsible, his moral character does not suffer much, in comparison with that of the lion, the cherished emblem of a people, whose taste in such a choice their American descendants, to some extent, may be excusable in following.
A beautiful idea is conveyed with regard to the American flag in the remarks of a little boy, whose parents resided near Bardstown, Kentucky, when a Michigan regiment was stationed there.
Civil War
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