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Michigan Civil War
Eighth Regiment Infantry
Colonel Fenton says of his brigade in the affair:
"The order not to fire, but use the bayonet, was obeyed, and the advance companies reached the parapet of the works at the angle on our right ana front, engaging the enemy
at the point of the bayonet. During our advance the enemy opened upon our lines an exceedingly destructive fire of grape, canister, and musketry, and yet the regiment pushed on as veterans, divided only to the right and left by a sweeping torrent from the enemy's main gun in front. The enemy's fire proved so galling and destructive that our men on the parapet were obliged to retire under its cover. The field was furrowed across with cotton ridges, and many of the men lay there loading and firing as deliberately as though on their hunting grounds at home. "
Civil War
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