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United States Civil War
FIFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
"The command crossed the Rapidan at Ely's Ford early on the morning of May 4th, having marched all night from Brandy Station, and continued our course over the old and memorable battlefield of Chancellorsville. At about 5 P. M. of the same day the command was halted on a portion of the battlefield and bivouacked for the night, after having inarched a distance of 34 miles in 17 hours.
" At 5 A. M. of the 5th the march was continued towards Todd's Tavern, at which we
, arrived about noon of the same day. From here the brigade, together with the rest of
the division, marched back a short distance, and, turning to the left, continued our course
towards the plank road leading to Orange Court House, where we formed a junction with
the 6th corps, and began in good earnest the Battle of the Wilderness.
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