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Michigan Cavalry Brigade 2
The skirmishing continued about an hour, when Colonel Alger, at the head of his regiment, made a gallant charge, driving the enemy beyond, some two miles.
"General Custer commanding the 2d Brigade, of which the 5th and 6th formed a part, here halted his command, and Colonel Davis with the 1st Brigade took the advance. Suddenly the enemy appeared on the left flank in strong force, thereby cutting off the force of Colonel Alger and the brigade of Colonel Davis, at this time some three miles in advance of him. The brunt of the attack now fell on the 5th Michigan, which Colonel Alger met with his usual intrepidity and skill. Fighting step by step he retired under a galling fire, and succeeded in reaching the river, the men swimming their horses across, with but slight loss in killed and wounded.
American Civil War
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