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Michigan Civil War
TWELFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
The only success gained by Van Dorn was at Holly Springs, where the whole garrison was left, by their commander, in ignorance of the approach of danger.
II. Colonel R. C. Murphy, of the 8th Regiment Wisconsin Infantry volunteers, having, while in command of the post of Holly Springs, Mississippi, neglected and failed to exercise the usual and ordinary precautions to guard and protect the same, having after repeated and timely warning of the approach of an enemy failed to make any preparations for resistance or defense, or show any.
Civil War
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