Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "Mgbe e jiri ya tụnyere ndị agha Michigan ndị ọzọ lụrụ agha n'Agha Obodo, ndị agha Michigan nke Ise pụtara ìhè. O nwere ọnụ ọgụgụ kachasị elu nke ndị nwụrụ n'agha niile nke ndị agha Michigan n'agha ahụ. N'ime ndị agha niile nke Union n'agha ahụ, Fifth Michigan nọ n'ọkwa nke anọ n'ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị nwụrụ anwụ. Nkọwa ezi uche dị na ya maka ọtụtụ ọnwụ na mmerụ ahụ bụ eziokwu ahụ bụ na Fighting Fifth rụrụ ọrụ dị mkpa na ọtụtụ mwakpo megide ọnọdụ Confederate: ugboro abụọ na Williamsburg (Battle of Williamsburg), na Fair Oaks (
Agha nke Seven Pines) na Wilderness (Agha nke Wilderness), Spotsylvania, North Anna, na Petersburg".