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Civil War
FOURTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
The struggle in which the regiment was engaged at Gettysburg may be inferred from the following notice of the services of its corps (the 5th) as stated by Mr. Greeley in his "American Conflict: "
Sickles's new position was commanded by the rebel batteries posted on Seminary ridge in his front scarcely half a mile distant, while magnificent lines of battle a mile and a half long swept up to his front and flanks, crushing him back with heavy loss and struggling desperately to seize Round Top at his left. Meade regarded this hill as vital to the maintenance of our position, and had already ordered Sykes to advance the 5th corps with all possible haste to save and hold it. A fierce and bloody struggle ensued,
Michigan in the Civil War
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