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Civil War-U.S.
Twenty-First Regiment Infantry
At this point the men again rallied, drove the enemy back with terrible slaughter, and regained the line of the ridge on which Colonel Laiboidt had originally been posted. In this charge we took a number of prisoners, and the 51st Illinois captured the colors of the 24th Alabama.
" Here, unfortunately, the enemy had strong supports, while I had none to relieve my exhausted men, and my troops were again driven back to the Lafayette road, after a gallant resistance. In this engagement I had the misfortune to lose General Lytle, commanding my first brigade, and many of the best and bravest officers of my command. "
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