The 6th Michigan Volunteer Infantry first deployed to Baltimore, where the soldiers\' exemplary demeanor charmed a mainly secessionist population.
Yet th.
The Michiganders responded with alcoholism, insubordination and depredations.
Their subsequent service along the Mississippi River was a perfect storm of epidemic disease, logistical failures, guerrilla warfare, profiteering, martinet West Pointers and scheming field officers, along with the doldrums of camp life punctuated by bloody battles.
The 6th Michigan Volunteer Infantry first deployed to Baltimore, where the soldiers\' exemplary demeanor charmed a mainly secessionist population