The Detroit Light Guard - a complete record of this organization from its foundation to the present day - with full account of riot and complimentary duty, and the campaigns in the Civil and (14576161558)

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Title: The Detroit Light Guard : a complete record of this organization from its foundation to the present day : with full account of riot and complimentary duty, and the campaigns in the Civil and Spanish-American wars : a complete roster of members at the time of muster-out of the United States service, as well as a roster of all classes of members
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Clowes, Walter F. 4n
Subjects: United States. Army. Michigan Volunteer Infantry, 31st United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories United States -- History War of 1898 Regimental histories
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : J.F. Eby & Co.
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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Theescorting column, under command of Chief Marshal CashP. Taylor, with the Yeteran Corps and Company M form-ing the immediate escort, marched to the armory to themusic of the Light Guard Band, where the members of theregiment were received and welcomed in a speech by Gen-eral Duffield and Mayor Maybury. There were two remarkable features about the paradewhich call for notice. The officers of the regiment did notarrive Avith it as in fact they had no longer any jurisdictionover it, so Major Jacklin, chief of staff, got the regimentmarshalled into proper formation at the station and rodeat its head in the parade. The other feature was the ro-markable character of the civilian escort, there being suchprominent men as General Duffield, General Green, RalphPhelps, Jr., and Mayor Maybury, who composed the firstfour. It was nearing the time for the muster-out of the Thirty-first M. Y. I., and the Corps had its attention earnestlydirected towards perfecting arrangements for receiving the 4C8
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Light Guard Battalion, and how much that affair was madememorable through the Corps efforts, is to be found exten-sively recorded in the general history. After that eventthe veterans took a season of well earned rest until a sadcommand hurriedly brought them to attention. Upon the morning of Sept. 18th, death came suddenlyto one of the old veterans; a hero of many of the fiercestfought battles of the Civil War; the man who had led theLight Guard to fame in the early days of that great war,and whose home was in the heart of every one of his oldcomrades. The news of the death of Col. Chas. M. Lumspread rapidly over the city, shocking and horrifying as itsped. Had he lived six months more, death would havereached him at the age of seventy, but yet, under ordinarycircumstances, this age would have found him reasonablylooking forward to ten or perhaps more years of life, butthe physical condition of the old soldier had been broughtto but a feeble pass because of the wounds which had fallen