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Michigan's
Second Regiment Infantry
marched towards Fredericksburg, arriving opposite that place on the 19th, when the regiment was placed on picket duty, and on the 21st went into camp near Fal-mouth, and on the 29th to a point in front of Fredericksburg, where it was placed on duty supporting a battery.
The regiment crossed the Rappahannock on the first day of the battle of Fredericksburg, December 12th, and was held in reserve during the engagement, but was shelled by the enemy, sustaining a loss of one killed and one wounded, and re-crossing on the 16th went into camp.
In February, 1863, the regiment with its brigade moved to Newport News, Va., and on the 19th of March took its route via Baltimore, Parkersburg, and Louisville, to Bardstown, Kentucky.
Captain William Humphrey having been commissioned colonel of the regiment, vice Poe, resigned, on assuming command promulgated the following order:
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