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Michigan Civil War
Eighth Regiment Infantry
General Stevens threw out the 8th Michigan as skirmishers, and the gunboats opened a brisk fire into the woods in their front. The 79th New York led. Very soon a concealed battery near the ferry was encountered. It opened on them with grape and canister, but was soon settled by a close encounter, in which the 8th Michigan bore the brunt. The 50th Pennsylvania pressed forward to the support of these and the Highlanders. But very little fighting occurred after the first onset. The Confederates, seeing the gun-boats Seneca Ellen, Pembino, and Ottawa coming forward, abandoned the works and fled, and the Pennsylvania Round Heads' passed over the ferry and occupied them. The works were demolished, and the houses in the vicinity were burned. "
Civil War
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