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Michigan Civil War
Eighth Regiment Infantry
These two regiments covered themselves with glory, and their fearful casualties show the hot work in which you were
Greeley says:
Stevens was in position at 3. 30 A. M. at our outer picket line within range of the enemy, and advanced at 4—the morning being dark and cloudy—so swiftly and noiselessly that he captured most of the rebel pickets and was within 100 yards of the main defenses, not having fired a shot, when Lamar opened on him with grape and canister, plowing bloody lines through the storming party and destroying its compactness, if not impairing the momentum of the charge.
Civil War
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