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Civil War Engineers
Engineers and Mechanics
Having but a small force and expecting to be attacked at any moment, Colonel Innis deemed it prudent to at once take such precautions for his defense as the limited time and his condition would admit of, and with this in view, had, early on the morning of January 1st, his wagon train in position in from of a half-circle, and had hastily constructed some breastworks of logs arid brush, with other loose materials gathered up around his camp, and quietly awaited the coming events of that memorable New Year's morning, which have given to him and his regiment such an enviable page in the history of the war.
Civil War Mechanics
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