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Fourth Cavalry
and then attacked the 7th Pennsylvania with great fury, but met with a determined resistance. I went forward to the line of dismounted skirmishers, and endeavored to move them to the right to strengthen the 7th Pennsylvania, but the moment the right of the line showed' itself from behind the fence where they were posted, the whole of the enemy's fire was directed on it, throwing it completely round. At this moment the 15th Pennsylvania gave way, leaving the battalion of the 7th Pennsylvania and the dismounted men entirely unsupported, and leaving them no alternative but retreat.
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