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First Sharp Shooters
At about 11 o'clock the artillery lulled. I expected an advance of the enemy's troops and was ready to received them, but no attack was made, and a desultory firing of artillery only continued through the night.
" It afterwards appeared from the official reports of the enemy that they thought that we had made an attack; in fact Major General Gordon reported such to be the case, and that they had handsomely repulsed us; but, although we were under orders from corps headquarters to be ready to attack, and I had caused to be distributed axes for cutting the enemy's abatis, yet no sort of attack was actually ordered or made on our front.
Michigan Sharpshooters
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