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U. S. Civil War
NINTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
During the engagement I sent three distinct messages to Colonel Lester, all of which he received, informing him of my situation and of my ability to hold it till he could come to my assistance, but Colonel Lester refused to afford me any assistance, refused to fight, and refused to allow his command to fight. Consequently at half past 12 o'clock, having lost thirteen killed and eighty-seven wounded (over one-third of my command), and being reduced to one hundred and thirty-seven men and officers, the enemy, having nothing to apprehend from the Minnesota regiment and Hewitt's battery, concentrating his whole force upon the camp, I was compelled to surrender or suffer my little force to be cut up alive.
Civil War
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