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Michigan's
Second Regiment Infantry
Headquarters Second Michigan Infantry,
Battalion Order,
Lebanon, Ky., April 25th, 1863.
No. 30. Having been commissioned by the Governor of the State of Michigan as colonel of the 2d Regiment Michigan Infantry, I hereby assume command of the regiment from this date.
II. Fully aware of the responsibility of the position, it is only assumed with a firm trust in the ready and hearty support and cooperation of all, both officers and men, in any measures adopted for the maintenance and increase of the present superior efficiency and discipline of the regiment. And this trust will not be misplaced. Officers and men who have stood without reproach the fiery ordeal of Yorktown, and Williamsburg, and Fair Oaks, and Glendale, and Malvern and Bull Bun, and Chartilly fields that have made our, Kearny immortal,
American Civil War
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