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Another portion of the regiment went to the support of the skirmishers, and the remainder as a support to Battery M. The enemy's column advancing to charge the battery, that portion of the right supporting it—seventy sabres— advanced to the charge and brought from the field 400 prisoners, with the battle-flag of the 55th Virginia. The dismounted skirmishers of the 7th captured the colonel of the 65th, with several other officers and a squad of men."
Following is General Custer's report, made August 22d, 1863, covering the operations of his cavalry during a portion of the battle of Gettysburg:
American Civil War
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