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Michigan Civil War
Eleventh Regiment Infantry
A greater portion of the Confederate army was swarming around the foot of the ridge, on which stood Thomas with the remnants of seven divisions of the army of the
Cumberland. Longstreet was then in immediate command of his own veterans, for Hood had lost a leg during the morning; and to human vision there seemed no ray of hope for the Nationals. But Thomas stood like a rock, and assault after assault was repulsed, until the sun went down, when by order of General Rosecrans, sent by General Garfield, his chief-of-staff (who reached the ridge at 4 o'clock), be commenced the withdrawal of his troops to Rossville.
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