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American Civil War
Sixth Regiment Infantry
From a correspondent:
'No more desperate fighting has ever taken place than that of the division of General Sherman yesterday in the attack upon the right of the enemy's position. Our men faced a storm of iron and lead that was hurled against them as if it had always been their business to do so. They moved steadily forward under the most murderous fire of 6hot, shell, grape, canister, and musketry, with a steadiness that was surprising. The 6th Michigan Infantry and the 128th New York carried the enemy's works at the point of the bayonet, but they were compelled to give way, for the enemy had massed his troops here, and it became necessary for our glorious fellows to fall back before overwhelming numbers.
Michigan Civil War
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