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U. S. Civil War
NINTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
The column was then put in motion, proceeding at the galop, drove in the pickets and charged into the town. The enemy was completely surprised and was only aware of our presence by the fire, of his pickets, posted less than a mile from the village. His main force was quartered at the college buildings on the outskirts of the town, from which he endeavored on foot to reach the livery stables in the village where his horses were stabled, to saddle up and mount, but being overtaken by the head of our column, threw himself into the houses lining the road and maintained a heavy and well sustained fire from the windows upon each side of the street. He was, however, driven from house to house until he fled from the town in the wildest confusion.
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