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American Civil War
Sixth Regiment Infantry
As they lessened the distance, our gunners substituted grape for shrapnell, and when they finally came within one hundred and fifty yards our guns were double charged with canister, and, the infantry receiving the order at the same time to fire, the field was swept with a storm of musket balls and grape shot.
" The advancing line of Zouaves wavered and then halted, while they were dropping from the ranks, mown down by our deadly fire, which now became an incessant rattle of musketry, intermingled with rapid discharges of canister from the guns.
"The Zouaves, after wavering for a while in indecision, finally broke and scattered, most of the men throwing themselves fiat on the ground behind stumps, logs, and inequalities of the ground, where they now commenced sharpshooting.
Michigan Civil War
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