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Michigan Flags of the Civil War
Flags of Michigan
It has been well established that no part of the United States has been under so many national standards as Michigan, having been governed by three different sovereignties, and five times its flag has been changed. It was under the flag of France from 1622 until 1760; that of England from 1760 until 1796. In that year the stars and stripes were raised at Detroit, by Captain Porter, with a detachment of General Wayne's army, the first American flag that ever floated over Michigan. In the surrender of Hull at Detroit, in 1812, the standard of Great Britain was again established. In 1813, the victory of Commodore Perry on Lake Erie resulted in restoring Michigan to the union, and the star spangled banner floated once more on her shores and lakes.
Civil War
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