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First Michigan Sharpshooters |
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| This was the first Union flag to fly over Petersburg, the last Confederate stronghold in Virginia. Union soldiers capture Petersburg in April 1865. The First Michigan Sharpshooters raised this flag over the courthouse. The flag was so tattered by bullets that the regiment was given special permission to put its battle honors on ribbons attached to the staff. The fourth ribbon from the top reads "First Flag in Petersburg." |
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