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Civil War
Third Regiment Infantry
Captain Alexander then answered that General McDowell now vested the whole disposition of the troops with me, and that I must use my own judgment. I went to place another battalion in line, and I was met by Colonel Miles, who ordered me to form that regiment in another direction. I replied that "I should obey no more orders that he might see fit to give me. " Colonel Miles then said, "Colonel Richardson, I shall put you in arrest. " I told him, "I never should obey his arrest, and that he never could put me in that position. " Colonel Miles answered that he did not understand this. I said nothing, and went on with further disposition of the troops, which was done according to the diagram.
American Civil War
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