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.
Buffalo Soldiers. On June 28, 1866 two U.S. Army African American regiments were formed, the 9th and 10th cavalries. Members of those units and two all-black infantry regiments, the 24th and 25th, came to be called Buffalo Soldiers. By 1867, the four regiments were consolidated into the 9th and 10th cavalry units, and all were sent to the West to (among many other duties) fight Indians and protect settlers, cattle herds, and railroad crews.