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10th Regiment Cavalry
They did not seem inclined to go and we had a dispute about it in which we sustained severe loss in the death of Lieutenant Kenyon and four men, and the wounding of Lieutenant Field and three men, the loss of the enemy being reported at 28 killed and mortally wounded. Colonel Wheeler then did as we desired and retired,
and we remained until the next morning. This movement to martinsville and the short fight there had a meaningfull and a signifcance which we did not then fully appreciate. By it the enemy was made to believe tnat Greensboro was our objective point, and consequently troops were withdrawn from Saliseburv and rapidly sent to the threatened point.
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