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American Civil War
Sixth Regiment Infantry
I ordered the schooners and gunboat in Ponchatoula creek to the North Pass, and fell back, on the afternoon of the 25th, to a point three miles south of Ponchatoula, on the railroad, with the main body of my command, leaving six companies at Ponchatoula, under Major Clark, 6th Michigan, as picket and provost guard, with orders to fall back on the main body in case of attack. I here erected a small battery of railroad iron and mounted one of the field pieces in charge of the detachment of the 9th Connecticut. On the evening of the 26th the enemy appeared in strong force and attacked our pickets at Ponchatoula, the pickets immediately retiring to the main body at the point spoken of. No firing took place after the skirmishers retreated. As far as we can learn they have a force consisting of two thousand infantry, three hundred cavalry, and two twelve-pounder field pieces.
Michigan Civil War
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