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Rebels
Thirtieth Regiment Infantry
No lesser force can render the frontier of Michigan secure from the incursions of the disaffected in Canada. Please answer as soon as convenient.
JOSEPH HOOKER, Major General Commanding,
Detroit, Michigan, November 4th, 1864. To His Excellency, the Governor of Michigan:
Governor, —In consideration of the number of outlaws and sympathizers in Canada, and the exposed condition of the frontier, and the very limited number of troops to guard it, I deemed it prudent to call on the Secretary of War to give you authority to raise a regiment of volunteers for twelve months, unless sooner discharged, for service in the State, intending to post them along Detroit river at such points as their services were most needed.
Yankee
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