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American Civil War
Twenty-Fifth Regiment Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Geo. B. Drake,
Assistant Adjutant General, Lexington, Ky.
Headquarters 25th Michigan Infantry,
BATTLE-FIELD OF TEBB'S BEND, GREEN RlVER,
Special Order, july 4, 1963
No. 42.
My brave, my noble men, it is with pride and pleasure that I congratulate you upon the ; victory won to-day. While you number but two hundred men, the enemy numered thousands Being advised of their strength, and of their advantage of heavy artil-bearing upon us, their demand for surrender was answered with a response that
echoed the feeling of the gallant little band of the 25th Michigan Infantry that was about to engage them.
Michigan
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