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Michigan Cavalry Brigade 2
The 5th Michigan, on the right of the road, moved forward much faster than the regiments on the left, those on the left having met a larger force, who opposed them with great determination. I then ordered the 6th Michigan (then in reserve), mounted, to charge them; but before I could get that regiment up the enemy had been driven from the field, leaving his dead and wounded in our hands. In this fight we captured a large number of prisoners. Lieutenant E. G. Granger of my staff was struck on the left shoulder by a spent ball. We encamped at Parsely's Mills, on the Matedequin.
"May 31. About 3 P. M. the brigade moved toward Cold Harbor;
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