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SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' MONUMENT. 4
At a public meeting held by the citizens of Detroit, on June 20th, 1861, the measure was inaugurated, and it was resolved to erect a monument to the
noble dead who might fall in defense of the Union. A committee to carry the resolution into effect was appointed, composed of Judge B. F. H. Witherell, Colonel E. Backus, U. S. A., Messrs. Charles C. Trowbridge, James W. Till-man, and Colonel Henry A. Morrow.
Following the battle of Bull Run, and the anticipated return of the 1st Regiment, which had lost heavily in that engagement, public sentiment was becoming much strengthened in favor of the measure, while the public press was being made use of in its behalf. In the Free Press of July 30th is found the following: To the Editor of the Detroit Free Press:
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