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1ST MICHIGAN INFANTRY A CIVIL WAR REENACTING GROUP |
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HOSTS OF TWO GREAT CIVIL WAR EVENTS IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: NILES AND PORTAGE.
NEWS/UPDATES: JUNE 29TH– ADDED SOME BIOS AND PICTURES FROM PORTAGE
JUNE 3RD– NEW NEWSLETTER/MULE KICK, BIO ADDED, AND PICTURES FROM BRANDYWINE AND BLOOMINGDALE
MAY 20– MEMORIAL DAY PARADE INFO UPDATED
MAY 7TH– MAY NEWLETTER POSTED, NEW MULE KICK
NEXT EVENT:
July 4-6- 145th Gettysburg |
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When the First Michigan Infantry arrived in Washington, D.C. in May 1861--the first western regiment to reach the northern capital--President Abraham Lincoln reportedly exclaimed, "Thank God for Michigan." |
