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Michigan Cavalry Brigade 2
The men were still fighting, although with no hope of cutting their way through."
After the severe engagement at Buckland's Mills, the regiment met the enemy at Stevensburg, November 19th, and on the 26th at Morton's Ford.
On the 28th of February, 1864, the brigade broke camp at Stevensburg, Virginia, and started on the cavalry raid to Richmond under General Kilpatrick. Starting on Sunday, February 28th, at 3 A. M., with a force of 5,000 cavalry, specially selected with regard to both men and horses, from the division of Merritt and Gregg, with rations but for a day or so, the intention being to subsist on the enemy's country.
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