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NINETEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
" Come! come ye braves—aye, come!
The battle dawn is nigh;
And the screaming trump and the thundering drum Are calling thee to die!"
The 19th was assigned to the Second Congressional District, to be recruited in the counties of Branch, St. Joseph, Cass, Berrien, Kalamazoo, Van Buren, and Allegan. Its camp was at Dowagiac, with the Hon. Henry C. Gilbert as commandant of camp, who was charged with the organization of the regiment, and subsequently commissioned as colonel.
Recruiting was commenced July 15th, 1862, and was accomplished September 5th, when the following field and staff and the companies hereafter named were mustered into the U. S. Service:
American Civil War
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