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Civil War
Seventh Regiment Infantry
Resigned his position in May and returned to Michigan, when, from a solemn sense of duty, he enlisted as a corporal, and was promoted first lieutenant June 25th, and to a captaincy March 10th, 1862, and was with the regiment at Yorktown, West Point, and Fair Oaks, May 31st and June 1st.
Upon the other side of the paper was found the following: Friend, __If you find nay body lifeless upon the field, bury it decently, mark its resting place/and inform my friends in the regiment and my father. Do this and you shall be liberally rewarded and have the gratitude of my friends.
American Civil War
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