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Michigan Civil War
TWELFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
This being refused, a severe engagement ensued, and after ineffectual efforts for more than two hours to carry the defenses, the enemy withdrew, leaving nine killed and eleven wounded on the field. Fifteen rebel prisoners, among them ten officers, were captured. The 12th lost six wounded, only one of them severely, and thirteen prisoners, most of whom were captured while on picket on the railroad. In general orders published from the headquarters of General Grant, the 12th and other regiments that had successfully defended their position on the railroad were declared to be "deserving of the thanks of the army, which was in a measure dependent on the road they so nobly defended for supplies.
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