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10th Regiment Cavalry
I have with me a silver dollar obtained from one of his escort, and which I have carried for 16 years. I need not go into details of our work on the hunt for Mr. Davis. For a distance of 150 miles north and south our scouts were on every road running to the west. Every bridge, ford, or ferry was carefully watched and guarded, all of which resulted in the great good fortune of General Pritchard and his brave comrades of the 4th Michigan Cavalry. We acted in one sense as drivers of the game, while they were fortunate in getting on the runway. I cannot find it in my heart to envy the good fortune of such brave and gallant men, but I rejoice that, while we could not be so fortunate, it was still reserved for Michigan men to capture the distinguished leader of a bad cause,
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