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American Civil War
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
Especial credit is due to the sharpshooters' company attached to the regiment. Their fire was murderously accurate, killing and wounding a great many. The first officer killed by them was a Captain J. W. Houston, 1st North Carolina Cavalry, a member of the North Carolina legislature, the regular nominee for the Confederate congress from his district, and a prominent politician, me company only ceased to be effective when its ammunition was gone.
Michigan in the Civil War
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