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Michigan's
Second Regiment Infantry
The Third Michigan, First Massachusetts, and Twelfth New York were pushed forward to support the advance, and these, too, were soon fighting severely, "
General Tyler, commanding the troops at Blackburn's Ford, says in his report of the affair:
Having satisfied myself that the enemy was in force, and also as to the position of his batteries, I ordered Colonel Richardson to withdraw his brigade, which was skillfully but unwillingly accomplished, as he requested permission with the 1st Massachusetts and 2d and 3d Michigan regiments to charge the enemy and drive him out. It is but justice to these regiments to say that they stood firm, maneuvered well, and I have no doubt would have backed up manfully the proposition of their gallant commander. "
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