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ROLL OF HONOR. 4
Michigan, ever true to the flag of her fathers and her own honor, declared at the outbreak of the late civil war that the American Union, the best Government given by God to man, must be preserved in spite of unjustifiable secession, atrocious treason, and armed rebellion, and that the freedom of the people must be permanently secured. This declaration was most faithfully and heroically maintained, as evinced by the truthful loyalty, persistent energy, and unbounded liberality of her people, but especially by the faithful and brilliant services of her noble soldiery in the field, thereby establishing an unquestionable claim to a full share in common with all other loyal States of the honor of defending the Government, and of preserving the institutions of our , country.
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