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Civil War
EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
On the 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th of October, 1864, the 18th, commanded fey Major E. M. Hulburd, Colonel Doolittle being in command of the post at Decatur, and Lieutenant Colonel Horner on detached service as provost marshal, participated in the successful defense of that place against the rebel army under Hood while advancing on the army of Thomas at Nashville. During the attack a detachment commanded by Captain William C. Moore, of the 18th, was sent out to dislodge a body of the enemy's sharpshooters that occupied a line of rifle-pits near one of the Union forts.
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