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American Civil War
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
Extracts from reports covering the affair at Middleburg, Colonel Welch
In reporting the part the 16th Michigan Infantry bore in support of the cavalry on the on the 21st instant, I have the honor to state that the regiment under my command led the brigade under command of Colonel Strong Vincent, 83d Pennsylvania Volunteers, on the march to Middleburg, breaking camp at 3 A. M. After taking the position assigned to us about a mile beyond Middleburg, I was ordered to throw out two companies as skirmishers,
Michigan in the Civil War
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