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Battery F
He gave one of his gunners the direction and distance, and soon had the satisfaction of seeing some shell strike in the city and also into their wagon train this side. Thus the 6th Michigan Battery had the honor of firing the first shot into the rebel stronghold of the southwest. During the night following they evacuated their works, and early in the morning of the 22d our lines advanced about one mile, when a strong line of fortifications, with heavy guns mounted here and there, was discovered extending along a ridge upon which a portion of the city was built.
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