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American Civil War
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
which killed and wounded many of my brigade. The enemy were posted on the hills some 2, 500 yards distant, an open and undulating plain intervening.
"Just before sundown (the 1st and 2d brigades preceding) the order to advance was given, with instructions 'to reach, take, and hold a ridge or hill some 500 yards in front of the enemy's works. ' My whole line went briskly forward, and when we had reached an intervening crest, about halfway, we became entirely exposed to view;
Michigan in the Civil War
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