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Flags of the Civil War
Presentation of Colors
Brigadier General John Robertson, Adjutant General State of Michigan, Detroit, Mich.:
"General—All the regiments sent from the State of Michigan to put down the rebellion of the Southern States, having now been mustered out of
service, paid off and disbanded, the time has arrived when I should, in compliance with orders from the War Department, deliver to the Governor of the State the flags turned over to me by the officers of the disbanded regiments.
"I have the honor this day to deliver to you (you being at the bead of the State Military Bureau, and its chief officer), all of them in my possession.
"Please find a list of the flags enclosed. In turning them over to you I am sensibly reminded that they are the flags under which so many brave and successful deeds have been performed—so many valuable lives given up in the cause of the Union and republican liberty, and such beneficial results obtained.
Michigan colors
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