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Civil War
Third Regiment Infantry
The regiment, in command of Colonel McConnell, left Grand Rapids, June 13th, 1861., for the seat of war on the Potomac with 1, 040 officers and men
on its rolls.
The 3d was attached to Richardson's brigade, of Colonel Miles's division, and was in the action at Blackburn's Ford, June 18th:
Greeley says of that affair:
Sherman's battery, Captain Ayres, did most of the actual fighting, supported by Colonel Richardson's brigade, consisting of the 1st Massachusetts, 12th New York, and 2d and 3d Michigan. Regarded as a reconnoissance in force, the attack might be considered a success; since the result demonstrated that the main rebel army was in position along the wooded valley of Bull Run, half way between Centreville and Manassas Junction, and purposed to remain. "
American Civil War
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