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American Civil War
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
" They shook down defiances—that handful of impotent telegraphers—and raised a cheer out of their forlornness that was like a dying comedian's laugh.
"For a moment the Texans wavered; they closed up column and advanced more slowly, anticipating a desperate defense.
" Just then music burst through one of the gorges, and the tread of men came in from the rear. They wore blue uniforms. They were marching to the peach orchard to reinforce Birney. Warren galloped down, his dark Indian face almost bloodless.
Michigan in the Civil War
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