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Civil War Infantry
Twenty Second Regiment Infantry
The poem was written with reference to the 22d in that engagement, as three counties are named, Macomb, St. Clair, and Oakland, in which that regiment was largely recruited.
" Let rebels boast their Stonewall brave
Who fell to fill a traitor's grave,
We have a hero grander far,
The Union was his guiding star,
The Rock of Chickamauga.
" When, foot by foot,
stern Rosecrans 'Round grim Lookout,
with bold advance,
Pressed back the rebels from their lair,
Our Thomas was the foremost there,
The 'Rock of Chickamauga. '
Michiagn
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