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North - South
NINETEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
The 19th, with others, fight stubbornly against immense odds, attack after attack is repulsed; struggling nobly without hope, defeat and capture inevitable, they surrender; the Colonel offers his sword; it is refused; the rebel commander says: "An officer so brave, with a regiment so gallant, deserves his sword. "
This was a very sanguinary engagement. At times the contest was severe and the fighting terrific. Three charges were made by the enemy and gallantly repulsed. In. one charge the 19th captures the colors of the 4th Mississippi and several prisoners. After an engagement of five hours their ammunition became exhausted, and the entire force surrendered to the enemy, excepting a few who succeeded in making their escape.
American Civil War
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