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Organizations
Colonel Mulligan said of this company at Lexington:
" The whole line was broken and the enemy rushed in upon us. Captain Fitzgerald, whom I had known in my younger days and whom we had been accustomed to call by the name of ' Saxy,' was then ordered to oppose his company to the assailants. As I gave the order, ' Saxy, go in,'the gallant Fitzgerald at the head of Company I, with a wild yell rushed in upon the enemy. The commander sent for a company on which he could rely. The firing suddenly ceased, and when the smoke arose from the field I observed the Michigan company (Jackson Guard), Captain Patrick McDermott, charging the enemy and driving them back. Many of our good fellows were lying dead; our cartridges had failed, and it was evident the fight would soon cease. It was now 3 o'clock, and all on a sudden an orderly came, saying the enemy had sent a flag of truce.
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