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Second Regiment Cavalry
then the firing ceased entirely. The silencing of the battery seemed to check the enemy and they retired into the woods, the brigade retaining undisputed possession of the contested ground.
An advancing force of Union cavalry pursuing in the direction the enemy had taken was soon furiously attacked. A battalion of the 2d Michigan Cavalry, Colonel Campbell commanding, was at once dismounted, while the other two were thrown under cover of the woods. The dismounted battalion advanced upon the enemy, assisted by the 52d Ohio, and after a sharp skirmish drove them from the woods. They soon rallied, however, and receiving some re-enforcements, they forced our skirmishers and cavalry to retire, contesting every foot of the ground.
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