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Michigan in the Civil War Sanitary Operations
The record of Michigan in the war would be incomplete were the part taken by the association in the great sanitary measure not fully detailed, and with this in view is inserted the report of Judge Edmunds, covering its entire operations:
"The Michigan Soldiers' Relief Association of the District of Columbia was organized in the autumn of 1861. It was the product of necessity, and was
composed of the few Michigan men then resident at the National Capital. ion after the first arrival of troops under the call for 75, 000 volunteers, the first Michigan regiment (three months' men) appeared here. It contained many who were personally known to the citizens of Michigan then residents of Washington, and this, with the noble cause in which they were enlisted, soon
aroused a deep feeling of friendship between the members of the regiment and those hailing from the same State.
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