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Civil War Cavalry
This position was about half a mile north of the village of Kernstown, and two and a half south of Winchester. Toward the evening of the 22d of March, Ashby's cavalry drove in Shields's pickets, when the latter moved a small force to oppose the assailants. While directing it in person, his arm was shattered above his elbow by the fragments of a shell, which also wounded his side. He was prostrated, but was able to make dispositions for a vigorous encounter with his foe the next day.
Michigan Cavalry
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