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Ninth Regiment Cavalry
On the Sherman march, during a skirmish of the 9th Michigan Cavalry, and while several dead and wounded were being brought in, one of the wounded, suffering great pain, was complaining loudly. An Irishman engaged in helping him was accosted by one of the officers and directed to handle the wounded man carefully. " I do," said Pat, '' but 'tis no use; he will hollow wid all his might, and make more noise about his wound than that dead fellow lying there."
Extract from the journal of Colonel Alston, Chief of John Morgan's staff: "While I was paroling the prisoners, a courier arrived informing me that the enemy were approaching with two regiments of cavalry and a battery of artillery,
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