Fourth Michigan Infantry.
An officer,
privates, and bandsmen of the Fourth Michigan Infantry, who came from the
West in their tasseled caps to fight for the
Union cause.
By the close of the war
Michigan had sent eleven regiments and two companies of cavalry, a regiment of heavy artillery, fourteen batteries of light artillery, a regiment and a company of engineers, a regiment and eight companies of sharpshooters, and thirty-five regiments and two companies of infantry to the front.
In face of the fact that the original demand upon the
State of Michigan had been for one company of infantry, this shows something of the spirit of the
West.
This was one of the earliest regiments sent to the front by the
State of Michigan.
Some of its companies were dressed in a sort of Zouave uniform, as shown above, that is,
Canadian caps without visors, and short leggings; while other companies were dressed in the ordinary uniform of the volunteer regiments.
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In the quota from Michigan: woodsmen of the North with their tasseled caps |
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In the quota from Michigan woodsmen of the North with their tasseled caps |
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