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Michigan in the Civil War
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
The University though yet young, has a roll of honor embracing 769 names, of which 281 belong to the Department of Science, Literature, and Arts, 254 to the Department of Medicine and Surgery, and 124 to the Department of Law. Of these about 100 have lost their lives in the contest, while many more have received honorable wounds. They represent all rank's, from the private to major general.
" If the following poetical description of one of the severest and most decisive actions of the war can be taken as a specimen of what we may expect, the public will cherish the hope that those who have so bravely used the sword will be found no less efficient in the use of the pen.
"E. O. HAVEN,
"President of the University of Michigan.
Civil War
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