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Fourth Cavalry III
They were found to be stronger and more perfect than those at Atlanta, consisting of an inner line of redans and redoubts, mounted with 12-pounder howitzers and 20-pounder Parrots. The main and outer line, which extended entirely around the city from river to river, consisted of twenty -five redoubts or bastions connected by curtains, the parapet being about twelve feet high and surrounded by a ditch and well built palisade, in front of which was swampy ground partially covered with abatis. These works were defended by General Forrest, with a force estimated at nine thousand. The 2d division, in which was the 4th Michigan, was ordered to assault the works on the Summerville road and the 4th division those on the Plantersville road.
American Civil War
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