. Personal and historical sketches and facial history of and by members of the Seventh regiment Michigan volunteer cavalry, 1862-1865 . e mustered out, while a part ofthe command was ordered to remain in the service and marchfarther West. Disappointment to those returning East when at Denver,Col., on the 30th of October, with a foot of snow on the ground,we were ordered to turn in our horses, equipment and ordnance,and start on a march of nearly seven hundred miles on foot,through the enemys country in the dead of winter. Disappointment when we reached Fort Leavenworth onDecember 3d and found
. Personal and historical sketches and facial history of and by members of the Seventh regiment Michigan volunteer cavalry, 1862-1865 . e mustered out, while a part ofthe command was ordered to remain in the service and marchfarther West. Disappointment to those returning East when at Denver,Col., on the 30th of October, with a foot of snow on the ground,we were ordered to turn in our horses, equipment and ordnance,and start on a march of nearly seven hundred miles on foot,through the enemys country in the dead of winter. Disappointment when we reached Fort Leavenworth onDecember 3d and found that we were not to be mustered outuntil we reach Michigan. Disappointment when we were mustered out to find that theGovernment compelled us to pay our own transportation fromDenver to Fort Leavenworth, and upon that point we havebeen disappointed ever since. But with all our disappointments we felt to thank God whenwe received our spread-eagles in the form of a discharge as apermit from the Government admitting that we were oncemore free men at liberty to wander as we choose, and free frommilitary orders and military 286
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