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Michigan Cavalry Brigade 2
but the position being too formidable, I deemed it best to withdraw my command to the position previously held at the forks of the road. We held this position until midnight, when we withdrew. Our loss of officers in this engagement was very heavy: Captain Carr, Lieutenants Pulver and Warren .killed; Captain Duggan and Lieutenant Bullock wounded—all of the 1st Michigan. Captains Hastings and Dodge, of the 5th Michigan, wounded; also, Captain Lovell and Lieutenant Kanouse, of the 6th Michigan, wounded. We marched all night, and in the morning repressed the north branch of the North Anna, near which we encamped. On the 14th, encamped at Shady Grove Church; 15th, encamped near Guinea Station; 16th, eight miles beyond Newtown; 17th, near Walkertown; 18th, near King
and Queen Court House; 19th, moved to Dunkirk; 20th, crossed the Mattapony river, and that night encamped near the Pamuhky;
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