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The charge ordered was made, General Custer and Captain Thompson leading it. The company was repulsed and the enemy came charging down the road at a fearful rate, yelling like fiends. But their tune was soon changed. Two shells from Elmer's battery, together with a flank fire from the Michiganders in the wheat field, soon Drought them to an about face. Pennington's battery was soon in position, and a regular
artillery duel commenced, and was continued until after nightfall. Our fire was very destructive to the enemy, as prisoners of rank have since admitted. Captain Thompson was severely wounded, two men were killed, and some twenty-five were wounded.
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