 Major Bacon led the regiment on a bloodless foray down Virginia’s Eastern Shore in December as part of Brigadier General Henry Hayes Lockwood’s Peninsular Brigade.This expedition exposed the first cracks in the 6th Michigan’s discipline as the soldiers foraged liberally and harbored escaped slaves against orders.The Michiganders went so far as to openly taunt General Lockwood after he confronted the entire regiment in an attempt to apprehend a soldier who had stolen a turkey from a local farmer.