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10th Regiment Cavalry
Then came the sharp, quick tones of Smith's voice, 'Ready, aim, fire!' and from the line of that fence there leaped forth a blinding sheet of flame, carrying with it death and destruction to many a brave man The enemy, dazed and stunned, stopped and reeled for a moment, then turned and fled in wildest confusion. Oh! then for a single squadron to follow up that volley with the charge, and the pursuit would have been turned to a rout. But no, it was not to be. There was no squadron to make the charge. Demoralization had so far taken possession of Gillem's troops that they could not be rallied. Gillem himself with two or three officers and about twenty men,
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