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Civil War
FOURTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
The regiment participated in the battle of Gettysburg, July 2d and 3d, losing our brave Colonel Harrison H. Jefferds, who was mortally wounded and bayoneted on the
. 2d, and died of his wounds on the 3d. I assumed command on the 2d. The enemy haying retreated, the army of the Potomac was soon in pursuit. The casualties of the command at the battle of Gettysburg were—killed, twenty-eight; wounded, eighty; missing and taken prisoners, eighty; total, 188. The Army of the Potomac formed lines of battle near Williamsport, Virginia, July 12th, and on the 13th the enemy crossed the Potomac under
the cover of the night.
Michigan in the Civil War
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