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Michigan Cavalry Brigade 2
meeting the force, he demanded their surrender, when his small command was fired upon, Dahlgreen falling at the first fire, receiving two bullets in the head, two in the body and one in the hand, dying instantly.
Ulric Dahlgreen, In the story
Of thy country's grief and wrongs Thine shall stand a name of glory, Bright in history and song."
Meanwhile General Kilpatrick had advanced down the Brook turnpike from Ashland, destroying railroad and telegraph. At one of the stations, however, the operator succeeded in sending a dispatch to Richmond, announcing that the Yankees were coming. Soon a dozen field pieces were put in battery and a new entrenchment thrown up, awaiting Kilpatrick's arrival.
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