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First Infantry Civil War
First Michigan Infantry
Our men stood up bravely under the storm of bullets sent against them, loading and firing as coolly as though on drill. We entered the fight with three field, one staff, sixteen line officers, and one hundred and twenty-five muskets- Our color-bearer, Sergeant Patrick Connors, was the first man wounded after the firing commenced. The colors were at once taken from the ground by Corporal John H. Harrington, of Company A, and gallantly borne through the battle. Colonel Ira C. Abbott was wounded in the face early in the action and carried to the rear. We maintained our line, repulsing and holding in check the enemy until 7. 30 P. M., when we were ordered to fall back, which we did in good order, being relieved by a, brigade of Pennsylvania reserves.
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