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First Sharp Shooters
With this in view he employed several teams driving up and down the road to the railroad depot about three miles distant as if carrying supplies, and at intervals during the night made use of the drum corps, playing as though additional troops had come to reinforce. At 4 A. M. of the 13th the sharp-shooters attacked the Morgan pickets on the two principal roads; when considerable firing for a few minutes took place, but at daylight it was discovered that the enemy had left his camp and moved in the direction of Pierceville. A few of, Morgan's stragglers captured said they supposed the town was full of infantry.
Michigan Sharpshooters
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