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Civil War
FOURTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
The 4th bears a noble part in the great battle of Gettysburg, shares with the 5th corps the brunt of the fight, meets the enemy in a desperate encounter, their flag is in danger, the gallant Jefferds rushes to the rescue, he struggles for its safety, but falls by a rebel bayonet.
From his bosom that heaved*, the last torrent was streaming,
And pale was his visage, deep marked with a scar And dim was that eye, once expressively beaming, That melted in love, and that kindled in war!"
Michigan in the Civil War
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