The strategy relied on greater. surveillance of both inmates and. visitors,increased frequency of. random urinalysis,more cell. searches and surprise raids, and increased use of drug-. sniffing dogs.
Although no actual battles were fought in Michigan, menâand womenâfrom the state served throughout the war in more than 50 Michigan regiments of infantry, cavalry, artillery, and engineers, as well as in regiments of other states.
They were first recruited during the American Civil War, and by the end of that war in April, 1865, the 175 USCT regiments constituted about one-tenth of the manpower of the Union Army; comprising almost 180,000 men. The USCT was the precursor to the Buffalo Soldier regiments in the American Old West.