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American Civil War
Twenty-Fifth Regiment Infantry
The disaster sustained by Morgan upon this occasion cost him full twelve hours' time in his movements. He had intended, as he himself stated, to make a dash into Louisville, but his long and unexpected delay caused him to change his plans.
" After the fight was over, Colonel Moore received information, apparently correct, that Wheeler's cavalry were at Columbia advancing on him. He might have retreated, but, as he said to Morgan in reply to a summons to surrender, it was the Fourth of July.
Michigan
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