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4th Cavalry
Had the rebels succeeded early in the morning of the first day of the battle in taking Reed's bridge, not only Colonel Wilder but the whole army would have been seriously compromised. I am sure, had General Rosecrans known all the facts, he would have added the 18th to the number of days ' the army could not have dispensed' with the services of the cavalry. " The more I consider the facts concerning the situation of the army, and learn of the rebels, the prouder I become of our little brigade. ' Preston's division effected an unobstructed passage at Huntsville' (says Ord, the correspondent of the Mobile Tribune, rebel).
Michigan Cavalry
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