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It was 4 o'clock P. M. when General Kilpatrick, with the main column, reached the crest of the hill overlooking Williamsport on the Boonsborough pike. General Buford's command had been engaged with the enemy two or three miles to the left for two or more hours. Major Medill, of the Eighth Illinois, had already fallen mortally wounded. Two pieces of Penninton's battery were placed on the brow of the hill to the right of the pike, and the other pieces to the left. A squadron of the 5th Michigan had previously charged down the pike, driving the enemy's picket and a battalion which occupied an advanced position. The 1st Michigan, Colonel Town, was deployed as skirmishers to the right, and ordered to drive the enemy from a brick house a little in advance and to the right of the artillery.
American Civil War
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