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Scott Pohl is a general assignment news reporter and produces news features and interviews. He's also an alternate local host on NPR's "Morning Edition."

Scott has been working for WKAR since 1984. Previously, he was employed by the Michigan News Network, WFMK, WKHM in Jackson and WALM in Albion.

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WKAR Features
9:44 am
Wed May 11, 2011

MICHIGAN AND THE CIVIL WAR: 150th anniversary of the Michigan First

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By Scott Pohl, WKAR News

EAST LANSING, MI –

This year, America is marking the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War.

As sesquicentennial events are noted, one of the most talked about involves the Michigan First Regiment.

The Michigan First mustered at Campus Martius in Detroit on this date in 1861, called by Abraham Lincoln to protect the nation's capital.

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