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Civil War
Third Regiment Infantry
The daring attack of Lieu tenant Colonel Burke and his party on a house occupied by the enemy, and the fearless reconnoissance of Captain Lowing and his detachment of the 3d Michigan Volunteers in front of superior forces of the enemy, deserve, and the general commanding this brigade hopes will obtain, the just commendation of all those who take any interest; in the patriotism and discipline of the American soldier. The general would again remind the 3d Michigan Volunteers that he has not forgotten that that regiment, together with the 2d Michigan, performed gallant service last summer in the most considerable campaign which has yet taken place against the enemy, and from being the first troops actually engaged against the enemy,
American Civil War
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