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United States Civil War
FIFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
In a report of the regiment is the following:
"On April 28th commenced the movement on the enemy's position at Chancellorsville. On the 30th the regiment marched twenty miles from 12 M. to 8 P. M., next day crossed the Rappahannock at United States Ford, and marched twelve miles to the front. On the 2d advanced on the enemy and fought the battle of the Cedars. About 7 P. M., the army being flanked by Stonewall Jackson, we fell back, and at midnight participated in that bold, dashing, and successful bayonet charge on the enemy which stands unparalleled in this war. On\the 3d we fought the battle of Chancellorsville, in which our gallant commander, Lieutenant Colonel E. T. Sherlock, was killed. "
Civil War
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