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Flags of the Civil War
Presentation of Colors
The procession was under the direction of General James E. Pittman, who at the time was Inspector General of the State, and who was selected and appointed by the Governor as Chief Marshal of the day.
For the presentation of the colors in behalf of the regiments, Major General 0. B. Willcox was in like manner chosen, being the first Colonel who left the State for the field with a Michigan regiment.
The returned troops were commanded by Brevet Brigadier General William L. Stoughton, the ranking Colonel then in the State, amongst those who belonged to their regiments at the time of the muster out of their respective organizations.
The divisions were organized as follows, and the regiments took position in them in the following order:
Michigan colors
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