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Second Regiment Cavalry
The 2d Michigan Cavalry was armed at the time with Colt's revolving rifle and pistol, making twelve shots to a man, either of them very destructive at from 25 to 80 rods. The men of the regiment had been drilled by Colonels Granger and Sheridan to fight mounted and dismounted, either as cavalry or sharp-shooters, as the nature of the engagement might demand. When, therefore, they were attacked by Chalmers, and his fire returned with so much power and effect from troops on foot, he thought he had been misinformed as to the strength of the force at Boonville.
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