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Troops for The Civil War
Raising the Troops
The veteran regiments mentioned above, and individual veterans re-enlisting in other regiments, returned to the State during the winter, receiving, the promised furloughs of thirty days each.
In the regiments of other States there were also companies and parts of companies for which credit was given to Michigan, although many of them, by neglect to forward the muster rolls to the proper officer, were not made available either for their benefit or that of the State.
From the Adjutant General's Report, 1864:
The Legislature, on February 5th, 1864, authorized the payment of $50 State bounty, from November 11th, 1863, to February 4tb, 1864, to the re-enlisted veterans, and directed the payment of $100 to all soldiers enlisting or reenlisting after that date,
American Civil War
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