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Civil War
Twenty Fourth Regiment Infantry
where it arrived on the 21st, and at that point was on garrison duty in guarding conscripts and taking them to the front, and while there stationed had the honor of being selected as escort at the funeral of President Lincoln.
While at Springfield the citizens of Detroit, through General Mark Flani-gan, gave the regiment a superb silk flag elegantly embroidered with the Michigan and United States arms, together with the battles in which the regiment had participated. The flag was taken to the regiment, then at Camp Butler, Illinois, by Major William Hutchinson, and presented, together with a letter from General Flanigan.
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