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First Sharp Shooters
" On the extreme right, near the Appomattox, a portion of Ely's brigade actually carried some 200 yards of the enemy's works; but our lines, two miles in length, were too much attenuated to hold the ground. Some seventy-five prisoners were secured and brought in. Three regiments were withdrawn from other points and double-quicked to the point, but before it could be reinforced the enemy had recovered it.
" The effect of the movement, however, on the grand result was most happy, in asmuch as it contributed to weaken the enemy's line in front of Fort Sedgwick, where the real attack was completely successful.
Michigan Sharpshooters
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