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Civil War
FOURTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
War Department, Washington, May 11, 1861. Governor Austin Blair, Lansing, Michigan:
Dear Sir, —I have the honor to forward you, enclosed herewith, the plan of the organization of the volunteers for three years, or during the war. Three regiments are assigned to your State, making in addition to the one regiment of three months' militia already called for, four regiments. It is important to reduce rather than enlarge this number, and in no event to exceed it. Let me earnestly recommend to you, therefore, to call for no more than four regiments, of which only three are to serve for three years, or during the war; and if more are already called for, to reduce the number by discharge.
Michigan in the Civil War
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