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First Infantry Civil War
First Michigan Infantry
The troops were halted and moved up to the rear of my picket line, and lines of battle formed. The enemy had thrown out a very heavy line of skirmishers in my immediate front and pushed them boldly into the edge of a wood against my lines, but without firing. Our lines having been formed, and everything in readiness, an attack was ordered and I pushed my skirmish line forward at a double-quick, over an open field of a quarter of a mile, driving the enemy's line into the woods and on to their line of battle, I was followed up by my brigade, the 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 5th army corps, General J. J. Bartlett, in two lines of battle, and the fight became general. Part of my skirmish line fought that of the enemy in the woods hand to hand, using the bayonet. I lost very heavily in this charge,
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