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United States Civil War
FIFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
"Precisely at daybreak the lines moved forward, advancing through a ravine, thence up a slope, and through a dense thicket to an open field, at the further end of which were the enemy's earthworks, lined with infantry and artillery. As the troops came in sight, after driving in the pickets, the enemy opened with shell, grape, and canister, which the ' command bravely withstood, and charged a distance of nearly 300 yards, exposed at every step to this galling fire. In the charge we captured the enemy's works, three lines, together with 13 guns and several stand of colors (colors were captured by 3d Michigan and 93d New York), and between 3, 000 and 4, 000 prisoners.
Civil War
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