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First Infantry Civil War
First Michigan Infantry
The desperation with which the rebels have contended for the road shows its great importance to them. The hardest fighting in our immediate front occurred on Sunday, August 21st. On that day the enemy thought to turn our extreme left, and in strong force, with wild and prolonged yells. Their line extended some distance beyond the left of the 4th division of our corps. Our division, the 1st, occupied a line of works about eighty rods in the rear, and extending one-half a mile to the left of the 5th. This disposition of our forces the rebels did not discover till too late, and they were completely surprised. With the help of the artillery we inflicted severe punishment on them. Hagood's brigade, of Hill's corps, consisting principally of South Carolinians, was completely cut to pieces.
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