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Fourth Cavalry III
on the 25th, where it commenced building camp quarters for the men and stables for the horses. There the men suffered for some time for want of rations, it being impossible to obtain a supply, and in consequence they were under the necessity of living on parched corn for several days. In 1864, and after the regiment had fought and won many hard battles, the citizens of Flint sent, by Colonel Minty, to the 4th a standard made of the heaviest blue banner silk with a gold colored fringe of heavy material, the State arms on the one side, on the reverse an eagle resting on a shield. Beneath the shield a motto of the regiment, (In jure vincimus." " We conquer in right." Inscribed on it battles of the regiment in beautiful letters.
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