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Michigan Cavalry Brigade 2
From the report of Colonel E. A. Alger, commanding 5th regiment:
Moved to Yellow Tavern, on Brook turnpike, where we met Stuart's cavalry in force, May 10th and 11th, 1864. The regiment was dismounted hero and ordered to the left of the road, to drive the enemy from a piece of woods which he occupied on the opposite side of a large, open field. Charging across the field under a heavy fire, the enemy was driven from his position across a ravine. Re-forming the line, an order was received from the General commanding to charge the enemy to our front and right, as he was going to charge a battery on the right of the load. This order executed, and arriving at a point commanding a hill in rear of a rebel battery, an officer, accompanied by a large staff and escort and carrying a large flag, was seen coming on to the hill from the rear.
American Civil War
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