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Civil War
FOURTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
Engaged on our side was the 4th Michigan Regiment, Colonel Woodbury, who fought for two hours with desperate and heroic courage an entire rebel rigade. We lost one man killed, two mortally wounded, and four seriously wounded, and did not lose a prisoner. The rebels lost one hundred killed and wounded ana thirty-seven prisoners. The following is a detailed account of the affair:
" Intelligence having reached headquarters that quite a force of the enemy was near. New Bridge, the 4th Michigan regiment, Colonel Woodbury, was sent to feel them, and if necessary interrupt their quiet. The regiment left camp at 7 A. M., their Colonel at their head, and all in splendid spirits at the prospect of a rencontre with the rebels.
Michigan in the Civil War
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