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Civil War
Seventh Regiment Infantry
This flash of bravery had done what scores of batteries and tons of metal had failed to accomplish. The country will not forget that little band. "
The following is a report of Major Thos. H. Hunt, commanding regiment:
" On the morning of the 11th we were in line at daybreak, and marched between three and four miles to the Lacey House, which stands on the bank of the Rappahannoek, directly opposite Fredericksburg. On arriving there we found that the Engineer Corps, which had been laying the pontoon bridge during the night, and had succeeded in getting it about two-thirds of the way across, had since that time been continually fired upon
American Civil War
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