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Michigan's
Second Regiment Infantry
The battle, which was lagging when Kearny arrived, was renewed with spirit, and the Nationals began to slowly push back their foe. "
Extracts from correspondence of the New York Tribune in relation to the regiment at the battle of Williamsburg:
The regiment was in the hottest of the fight. By the confession of prisoners, 800 of Berry's men (mostly Michigan) drove back at the point of the bayonet 1,600 rebels.
"There were four companies of the 2d Michigan heavily engaged at Williamsburg, two in command of Captain William Humphrey and two commanded by Captain W. J. Handy. The other companies of the regiment were partially engaged. The regiment lost in the action seventeen killed, thirty-eight wounded, and four missing. "
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