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Michigan Civil War
TWELFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
The men were ordered to fire, and did so without effect, when Corporal Burgess, who had reserved his fire, drew up his musket, took quick aim, and fired. The man who was at least distant forty rods, was seen to reel and pitch heavily to the ground. The ball struck him squarely in the back, coming out just below the heart. The man had every appearance of being a scout, and that shot probably saved the detatchment from capture, for had he escaped to his band they could at almost any point have felled trees across the bayou and blocked the boat. The stream was so narrow in many places that there was not room sufficient for the boat to turn around. The expedition executed its mission and returned in safety.
Civil War
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