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Meeting six sturdy Confederates he engaged them single handed, cutting three of them out of the saddle and putting the rest to flight, though he received a pistol shot which caused his death, and a sabre cut upon the head as well early in the melee. The memory of this brave and noble hearted man will ever be cherished with brotherly fondness by officers and men of the 1st Michigan Cavalry. " It was Sergeants Alfonso Chilson and James B. Lyon, Of the 1st Michigan, who captured the 47th Virginia colors, together with a major and 70 men, at Falling Waters.
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