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American Civil War
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
Mead regarded this hill as vital to the maintenance of our position, and had already ordered Sikes to advance the 5th corps with all possible haste to save and hold it. A fierce and bloody struggle ensued, for the enemy had nearly carried the hill before Sikes reached it, while Humphreys, who, with
one of Sikes's divisions, had been posted in the morning on Sickles's right, was in turn assailed in front and flank and driven back with a loss of 2, 000 out of 5, 000 men.
Michigan in the Civil War
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