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Civil War American
THIRTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
When the regiment returned to Kal-amazoo on veteran furlough in February, 1864, the flags were formally returned to the donors in an appropriate and earnest address by Surgeon Foster Pratt, and were received on behalf of the village authorities by the Hon. H. O. Wells. They have since been delivered in the care of the State for deposit with the other war flags in the State Capitol.
These flags were with the regiment in its severest battles, —baptized with fire at Perryville, and in blood at Stone river, glorified at Mission Ridge, and riddled at Chickamauga, where three color-bearers fell, and over fifty per cent of the regiment.
U. S. Civil War
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