"As a little retrospect it will not be improper to say that the Seventh Infantry takes great pride in the fact that it was the first organized regiment from this State mustered into the United States service in the war that was waged to save the Union, and the first to return to the capital of the State and re-enlist as veterans, as well as being the only regiment in the whole army that purchased its own guns - the Henry rifles, 16 shooters - paying $50 each for them out of their meager pay of $13 per month, thereby increasing their effective force five-fold."
Thank you for that information. I guess I have always read the above in the wrong light. I figured that they went to war with their Henry's but apparently they got them after they re-enlisted.
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