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American Civil War
Sixth Regiment Infantry
Private Charles Dustin, of company F, from Dundee, Mich., having succeeded by a desperate act of bravery in getting over the ditch and reaching inside the enemy's works, brought out at the point of the bayonet a rebel captain, turning him over to the commanding officer as a prisoner of war.
Mr. Greeley, in his reliable " American Conflict, " says of the operations at Port Hudson, May 27, 1863:
" Never was fighting more heroic than that of our army assailing nearly equal numbers behind strong defenses, approached only through almost impassable abatis, swept by rebel shell and grape. If valor could have triumphed over such odds, they would have earned the works, but only abject cowardice or pitiable imbecility could have lost such a position to so small an army; and the rebels also fought well. "
Michigan Civil War
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