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Michigan's
Second Regiment Infantry
The other five companies were held in reserve. About 2 P. M., the companies C, F, and K, at the saw mill, were ordered to draw in their vedettes and scouts, and join the regiment, which in turn was ordered to join the brigade, then stationed behind the earthworks to the rear of us.
" As soon as these orders were executed the regiment moved on the road towards Jor-dan's Ford, but before reaching the forks of the road where Kearny's and Hooker's divisions were to separate, the artillery broke the column, dividing the regiment, four companies, A, B, D, and G, taking the road to the right toward the ford, which they crossed about 4 P. M., and were soon after engaged in a warm skirmish with the enemy's pickets, who were found pretty strongly to dispute the passage of another ford (name not known) beyond Jordan's. It was soon deemed impracticable to attempt to force a passage, and the troops were ordered to recross Jordan's Ford.
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