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First Infantry Civil War
First Michigan Infantry
We advanced through a dense strip of wilderness, about one-fourth of a mile in extent, and after coming out into the open field discovered two strong fortifications and a portion of a line of works upon which we made an assault, and actually carried them, capturing two prisoners, and with a mere skirmish line without support. We held the ground thus gained against repeated assaults by the enemy's skirmishers, made to recapture it, until about 4 P. M., when we were relieved by the 2d division, 5th corps, and ordered to rejoin our brigade, where we found nearly one-half of the regiment, which had been relieved from picket after breaking camp in the morning, and had come up in time to participate in the day's battle.
Civil War
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