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Michigan in the Civil War
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
We thus secured by this well-timed and rapid movement a very important position, which we fortified. "
A correspondent writes:
"We crossed the Rapidan soon after noon on the 5th (May) and heard the report of cannon and of fire-arms at 2 o'clock P. M. The battle raged furiously until late in the evening, about three-quarters of a mile on our left. On the morning of the 6th the 17th Michigan was ordered to the front with the balance of the 3d division,
Civil War
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