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American Civil War
Sixth Regiment Infantry
Soon after the arrival of the regiment at Baton Rouge, and while it was comfortably situated in barracks, an order was given by the general commanding to Colonel T. S. Clark, then in command of the regiment, to move and bivouac his regiment in the adjoining woods, without tents or any other shelter, to make room for the 9th Connecticut, a regiment having tents, while the use of these tents, which belonged to the United States, was refused the Michigan regiment. This was a proceeding which the officers protested against, and on refusing to obey the order, the field officers and several of the line officers were placed in arrest, but finally the order was reluctantly complied with, and the regiment marched out under the order of a captain, into the woods, where it remained, without shelter, until after the battle, which soon occurred, suffering much from, exposure.
Michigan Civil War
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