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American Civil War
Sixth Regiment Infantry
I immediately sent four companies under command of Captain Trask, 14th Maine, to the bridge across Ponchatoula creek, two miles above Ponchatoula, and dispatched a messenger to Colonel Smith to inform him that we occupied the town. Colonel Smith's regiment arrived about 3 P. M. He had a sharp skirmish, losing three men wounded, but drove the enemy before him.
"The enemy made a slight stand at the bridge, and I sent up four companies, under Colonel Bacon, to make the work sure. They destroyed that bridge and also a smaller one a mile this side. Having accomplished the object of the expedition thus far, and believing that the village of Ponchatoula could not be held against forces greater than my own,
Michigan Civil War
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