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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:
November 28– November Newsletter
NEXT EVENTS:
Nov. 7-9 Drill at Fort Wayne Nov. 23 Meeting |
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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." |
