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10th Regiment Cavalry
The enemy saw their mistake when a few days later Stoneman appeared before Salisbury instead of Greensboro.
"The brigade beting reunited at Martinsville, we moved to Danbury and Germantown, from which places Palmer's brigade was sent to Salem to destroy some large factories
engaged in manufacturing clothing for the rebel army, and then to operate on the railway running from Greensboro to Salisbury, while Stoneman with the other two brigades crossed Shallow Ford and started directly for Salisbury. Upon arriving at Salem General Palmer"sent the 15th Pennsylvania cavalry to strike the railway between Greensboro and Danville, and the 10th Michigan cavalry to destroy some bridges over Abbott's Creek, between Greensboro and Salisbury, sending one battalion to High Point to make a diversion in that direction,
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