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Civil War
FOURTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
Some, mangled and bleeding, suffered intense agony; while others, far from kindred and home, lay dead or dying in the forests and swamps through which they had retreated. The enemy in full force still pressed them hard, determined at one fell swoop to utterly destroy and capture all that remained of that proud army. Late in the afternoon fresh rebel troops were massed, and, confident of success, were hurled upon our jaded, wearied men. With death-defying determination three times they charged. They came, but only to be resisted and driven back, even as the granite rock hurls back the rushing, surging waves.
Michigan in the Civil War
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