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American Civil War
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
On the 28th it constituted a portion of the rear guard in the retrograde movement to the position near Poplar Grove Church, near which point it was encamped on the 31st of October.
During the month of November the regiment lay in the trenches near that place, and in December accompanied its corps on the raid to Bellfield, where it assisted in destroying about sixteen miles of railroad. It was in the trenches before Petersburg during the month of January, 1865, and on February 6th and 7th, while in command of Colonel Partridge, was engaged with the enemy at the battle of Dabney's Mills, or Hatcher's Run, where it lost heavily, on March 25th at Hatcher's Run, at White Oak Swamp on the 29th, at Quaker
Road on the 31st, and at Five Forks on April 1st, and following Lee's army until its surrender;
Michigan in the Civil War
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