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Michigan Civil War
TWELFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
except our respective brigade guards, perhaps fifty rods in advance of our color line, and hence, taking into consideration the repulse of General Sherman's reconnaissance the day before, thought Major Powell's repost might be correct and, as you may imagine, after my experience at Bull Run, I felt ill at ease. Upon the representation of Major Powell and myself, General Prentiss ordered out one company of the 12th Michigan as an advance picket; this about dusk. About 8. 30 o'clock Captain Johnson reported from the front that he could see long lines of camp fires, hear bugle sounds and drums, which I reported to General Prentiss,
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