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Michigan's
Second Regiment Infantry
A desperate fight is going on at the extreme left. The enemy is successfully held in front of Couch's old intrenched camp until Kearny's division arrives, when he stays the torrent of battle. One after another his gallant regiments push forward, and press back the fiery rebels, with more daring than their own. The 55th New York wins new laurels, and Poe's 2d Michigan is bathed in blood; 500 of them charge across the open field against ten times their number, stopping them in mid-career, losing seventeen brave fellows in that one desperate essay. "
The following is taken from the original in General Kearny's handwriting, in the possession of Colonel Dillman, then Major of the 2d Michigan, to whom it was sent on the second day of the battle of Fair Oaks:
American Civil War
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