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Troops for The Civil War
Raising the Troops
The Governor, ever ready for action when the necessities of the Government required it, desirous of securing a prompt and effective response to the call of the President, issued a stirring proclamation, of which follows an extract, invoking immediate and energetic action by the people to meet the demand without a draft:
" This call is for soldiers to fill the ranks of the regiments in the field— those regiments which by long and gallant service have wasted their numbers in the same proportion, that they have made a distinguished name, both for themselves and the State. The people of Michigan will recognize this as a duty already too long delayed. Our young men, I trust, will hasten to stand beside the heroes of Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Stone River, and Chick-amauga.
American Civil War
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