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U. S. Civil War
NINTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
Presented on the 23d of October, 1861, by the Rev. George Duffield, of Detroit, Michigan, to the 9th Michigan Infantry, his son, Colonel W. W. Duffield, commanding. " On the flag was also inscribed this motto: " Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. 'In the name of God we will set up our banners. ' "
The regiment was first stationed at Jeffersonville, Ind., and in November, 1861, moved from there to "West Point, Ky., then to the summit of Mouldrous Hill, where it was employed in the construction of extensive field works and building and repairing roads and bridges until January 4th, 1862, when companies A, B, C, D, F, and K marched to Elizabethtown, arriving there on the 6th. On the 9th Company F was sent to Nolin Bridge.
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