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Michigan Regiments
Twenty-Sixth Regiment Infantry
It remained at New York and in the defenses in the harbor during the progress of the draft, and on the 13th of October, the regiment was ordered from Fort Richmond, on Staten Island, where it had been stationed, to the Army of the Potomac. On its joining that army it was assigned to the 1st brigade, (Miles's) of the 1st division, 2d army corps, in which it continued during its entire service, and was recognized as the skirmish regiment of the division.
On the 7th of November, this regiment marched from its camp, near War-renton, Virginia, to the Rappahannock, which it crossed on the 8th. Proceeding to Stevensburg, it there encamped until the 26th.
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