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Second Regiment Cavalry
selecting ninety of his best men well armed with revolving rifles and sabres, and sent them to attack in the rear while he would charge in front at the same time. The attack in rear was promptly and gallantly made with rifles and then a charge with sabres, and . before the enemy had recovered from this sudden and unlooked-for attack, they were vigorously charged on in front by Sheridan, and being utterly routed fled In great disorder, pursued by this small force to Knight's Mills, some twenty miles or over, while the road over which they had passed was strewn with arms and clothing of every description. This defeat of nearly six thousand with two small regiments won for Sheridan his first star, his commission as brigadier dating from that day.
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