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Michigan Flags of the Civil War
Flags of Michigan
The elk of America, the Wapiti, is a large and noble species resembling the red deer of Europe; it has tall, round, branching horns, sometimes six feet high; the color is yellowish brown, the tail short, the form stately, the air ma-jeBtic. Its length is seven to eight feet, its height four and a half to five feet. Its horns are shed in February or March. This animal is common in the Northwestern States, and thence north to Lake Winnipeg. "
It is conceded that General Lewis Cass was the designer of the seal, and he seems to have been recognized as such by the convention, in the adoption of the following, on the 22d of June, prior to its final acceptance:
Civil War
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