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American Civil War
Sixth Regiment Infantry
Lieutenant G. Weitzel (afterwards major general), then Chief Engineer Department of the Gulf, and present with the troops in the engagement, says in his official report:
"Three companies of the 6th Michigan covered themselves with glory in recovering from a large force two guns, posted on the right of the Magnolia Cemetery, which temporarily were left by our forces. These same companies captured the colors of the 4th Louisiana, but only they had shot down four successive color-bearers.
It appears from Captain Cordon's letter that the colors captured by Company F, of his command, referred to in General Butler's order as belonging to the 4th Louisiana, were the colors of the 9th Louisiana Infantry:
Michigan Civil War
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