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Fourth Cavalry III
The presentation letter was read by Captain Robert Burns, A. A. General of Colonel Minty's brigade, and a committee appointed to reply. "The flag is a model of neatness and good taste. In the center of a ground-work of rich blue silk is the national coat of arms with a star for each State. Around this center, tastefully arranged in handsome gilt letters the names of the twelve battles in which the regiment has fought. In the center of the opposite side there is the coat of arms of Michigan and this Latin motto "Injure vincimua," and around the border, as on the on the other side, the names of twelve other battle-fields. This flag was ready for presentation in April last, but the regiment left before it could be forwarded, and has only now become so settled in camp as to give opportunity for the presentation.
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