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Re-enlistment Of Old Regiments

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Day
1
Month
January
Year
1864
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Public Domain
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Adjutant General Roberton, who has recently returnid Irora visiting tho Michigan Regiment, report the re-enlietment of three Michigan regimentó, the Third, Nintli, nndSixleonth Tnfantry. These regiment are expeetod home soon to íecruit. Tt is through tliu exertioni of Gen. Rnbrt8on tliat they havo been induced to veenlis'. The orgar ization of these regimenté) when they left the Statu was as fol lows : THIRD INFANTRY. Tliic lOíiment rendezvoused at Grand Rápida and left for the seat of war on the Piituinuc, June 13th, 1861, having upun its niusier rolla the ñames ol 1,040 offiesrs BDd tr.en. '1 his regiment was in the uotions at Hlai-ktjuni's Ford, Williamsbnrg, Fair Ouks, Glendale, Miilvern Hil! and Groveton. lts logies at Fair Oaks wero 30 killed, 124 wounded, nnd 15 missing. At Buil liun, (sacond) 20 killed and u hu-ge nurnber wounded and missing. It bas been in several severo actions, fince thut time. X h is regiment arrivés nevt week, and will rendezvous nt its old quarterc. N1NTU 1NFANTKY. Tiiis regiment rendezvoused in Detroit, whieh (ilace it left for Kentucky on the 25th of Octobcr, 1861. At the time of il departure, it stréñgth was repiiried at 9li. It suffered largely írom ieknesi', almost immediately upnn goinir i ti to service. It furined part of the foros uniler (Jetwral Naglej-, whiuh made a demphstration upon Chattanooga. in June, of 18C'2. The lot h of Julv, four companics being at Tullahoma, imder command of its Major, the remaining six eompr.nies, together with other trnops, were attacked by a superior force of theencmy at Murfre,esboro and, after a sharp Btruggle, taken prisonere, with a loss of thirteen killed and seventy-eight vvouoded. This regiment lelt Chattanooga on Friday for home, and will go into quarters at Coldwater, that location being selected by Goveruor IJIair as its rendezvous. SIXTEENTH ISFANTRY. This regiment was original] v knovvn sg " Stock toü's Independent Regiment." lt leffe Detroit, where it retulezvoused du ring its organizatiou, on the 16th of September, 1861, for Virginia, 1,002 strong. It has boen in all the important battles on tho Península, ucluiling the siege of Yorktown, Hanover Court House, Gaines' Mili, Buil Hun, (seuond) At Gaines' Mili it lost threo offieeis and 40 men killed, 6 cfficers and 110 men vvounded, 2 ofHcers ind 53 men misging. At Mülvern Ilill, 1 ofticer and two men kille "i, 36 wouaded and 3 rniwing. At 13ull Kun, 3 officers aud 13 men killed, 4 officers and 59 men wounded, and 17 niis-ing. The regiment bas also participated o all the battles near Fredeiicksburg. The áixteenlh wil! arrive here soon Gov. I31air vvül, in this cae, as in the oiher two, etlect the rendez.vjus at whioh thev will anarter their sojourn in the

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