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American Civil War
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
towards which the victorious troops of Jackson were pushing in large force and with great rapidity. Griffin, with an alacrity to obey for which he was ever noted, and with a thorough knowledge of the fidelity and metal of his men, selected for this duty from the 2d and 3d brigades the 4th and 16th Michigan Infantry Regiments. In five minutes their line of battle lay across the ridge. In a moment more Mead's headquarters flag was borne past Griffin's front.
Michigan in the Civil War
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