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Michigan in the Civil War
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
exposed to a storm of lead from the stone fence in front and from the enemy's batteries on the right of the gap. Our regiment was the extreme light of Willcox's division, which was composed mainly of old troops, and our men moved upon the enemy as if jealous of the laurels their veteran coadjutors might win. With cheer after cheer sent up in defiant answers to the rebel 'yell, ' they advanced to within easy musket shot, when they opened a murderous fire upon the enemy, which was kept up for some time, the regiment steadily advancing,
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