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Troops for The Civil War
Raising the Troops
On the same day the Sixth District was provided for by the appointment of
Hon. John F. Griggs to take charge of the organization of a new regiment
therein, to be called the 31st Infantry, with its headquarters at Saginaw. A regiment for the Third District, to be called the 29th Infantry, was, on
the 9th of August, authorized to be raised at Marshall, with Hon. S. S. Lacey
for commandant of camp.
In the Second District, Hon. W. B. Williams, of Allegan, was on the 15th of August, entrusted with the organization of the 28th Infantry, with its camp
at Kalamazoo.
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