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" The division to which this regiment is attached moved early on the morning of the 4th of July to Emmettsburg; from thence it proceeded toward Monterey. Before reaching that place the enemy was discovered in force upon the hills to the right of the road. At Fountaindale, a small village some miles this side of Monterey, this regiment being in advance of the column was sent on a road leading from the right of the town to Fairfleld Gap Upon reaching the Gap, the enemy was found occupying it. A charge was made "by Lieutenant Colonel Stagg, with one squadron, which, with the aid of the other portion of the regiment deployed as skirmishers, was successful in driving the enemy from the
Gap.
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