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SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' MONUMENT. 1
The Michigan regiments were early in the field, and in rapid succession flung their flags to the breeze, until forty-nine regiments, with several independent companies, had gone to the front to battle for the Union, and included up to the close of the war over ninety thousand men, fourteen thousand and over of whom are recorded as martyrs for their country.
While flags and banners are made the medium of expressing to troops gratitude for their patriotism, and the expectation of their gallant services, as well as their acknowledgment, costly monuments and columns are reared to commemorate their sacrifices.
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