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American Civil War
Rebel Raiders from Canada
The force in the State during the time of these threatened raids on which reliance was placed to defend its borders against any hostile demonstration consisted of six companies of the 2d regiment veteran reserve corps, three compa nies of State troops, the "Scott Guard, " "Detroit Light Guard, " and "Lyon Guard, " with a section of light artillery, fully equipped and supplied. with suitable ammunition; and in addition there were five hundred stands of arms in the State Armory at Detroit, with complete equipments, and abundance of ammunition at all times in readiness for distribution to citizens, with whom there was an understanding and an arrangement to assist in repelling any attack that might be made upon the city or along the river in the vicinity. There was also a small force guarding the arsenal at Dearborn, in which was stored about thirty-five thousand stand of arms. To guard against any attack or landing being made by steamers or vessels from the Canadian side with a hostile intention, several armed steam tugs were employed by the Government in patroling the river at various points.
Michigan in the Civil War
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