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10th Regiment Cavalry
Officers and men without exception showed a courage, a coolness, and discipline unsurpassed, in my judgment, in the annals of the war. The movements were all conducted with as much precision as if the place had been but a parade ground and the exercise but the sham fighting of the drill. The enemy attempted to pass a column by each flank, while the attacks on our rear were made with a daring and courage worthy of a better cause. The fighting was constant and fierce, without a moment's interruption for nearly three hours, and extending over a space of about six miles, when the enemy became discouraged at his failure to surround the handful of men and ceased his pursuit. His loss in this engagement was afterwards ascertained to have been about 75 in killed and wounded, while ours was trifling.
American Civil War
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