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In May, 1862, he was serving as a staff officer with the army on the Peninsula under McClellan.
The bravery and dash of Lieutenant Ouster first came into notice in connection with a gallant charge made by the 4th Michigan Infantry at Newbridge, on June 24, 1862, where as a staff officer he had been sent to give directions as to the point of attack. He accompanied the 4th, when in the face of a severe fire it forded the Chickahominy, making a most successful attack, driving the rebels from their position with loss. Company A of this regiment, commanded by Captain Luce, was the leading company in this gallant affair, and was raised in Monroe where the home of Caster then was.
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