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American Civil War
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
The possession of this point was taken in the very nick of time, for Hood's Texans were then climbing up its craggy sides, hand over hand as it were, clutching rocks and roots, forcing their way upward against showers of leaden bullets and bristling bayonets. It was a deadly strife, with hand to hand encounters, clashing bayonets, clubbed muskets, and rough stones dug in desperation from the face of the rough hillside.
Michigan in the Civil War
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