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Troops for The Civil War
Raising the Troops
condition of the frontier, then threatened by outlaws and their sympathizers in Canada, and the limited number of troops posted for its defense, a regiment of volunteers for twelve months be raised in the State for duty along the Detroit and St. Clair rivers. Dispatches investing the Governor with authority for this purpose were the next day received from Washington, and on the 7th orders were issued to organize the 30th Infantry, with its rendezvous at Jackson. In acting upon applica
tions for authority to" raise companies and parts of companies for this regiment, preference was given to those who had seen service. On the 22d, Lieut. Col. G. S. Wormer of the 8th Cavalry was appointed Colonel of the 30th, and commandant of the camp. Its rendezvous and headquarters were on the 10th of December removed to Detroit.
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