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NINETEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
The rebel force proved to be the entire cavalry force of Bragg's army, 18, 000 strong, under General Van Dorn. The 19th went into the action with, 512 officers and men, of which number 113 were killed and wounded. Those of the regiment that had escaped and those that had been left in camp at Franklin, were sent to Brent-wood, organized with the remaining fragments of the brigade, and placed under command of an officer belonging to another regiment. This force was surrendered by that officer to the rebel General Forrest without firing a gun, on the 25th of March.
American Civil War
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