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American Civil War
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
In this action we lost many bravo officers and men. "
In this affair Colonel Stockton, commanding the 16th, had his horse shot, and being much debilitated, was taken prisoner and carried to Richmond, where he was held in prison until August 12th following.
The regiment, then commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Welch, was also in the engagement on July 1st at Malvern Hill. In August immediately following the Peninsula campaign it joined Pope's army at Fredericksburg, and in command of Major Barry fought at Bull Run August 30th.
Michigan in the Civil War
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