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Michigan's
Second Regiment Infantry
11. Each company will so arrange its movements as to arrive in this city during the day time the captain reporting in person to the colonel, who will designate the position of each to occupy in line of battle. "
111. The quarters at the Agricultural Fair Grounds to be occupied by the regiment will hereafter be known under the name of Cantonment Blair.
I. B. RICHARDSON, Colonel Second Michigan Infantry.
The companies assigned to this regiment had been anxiously awaiting at their respective locations for acceptance into service, and on the receipt of the order of the 26th to rendezvous at Detroit, with remarkable promptness immediately commenced their movement, and all were in camp on the evening of the 27th, much to the surprise of the colonel who had expected that some days would elapse before they would reach camp, and as a consequence the quarters were not in good condition for their reception.
American Civil War
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