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Civil War Infantry
Twenty Second Regiment Infantry
The rebel raised his sabre to strike, the glancing barrel lifted into range, and the haughty colonel tumbled from his horse.
Clem was afterwards captured, but says that after most of the regiment had been made prisoners by a large force of rebels and were being marched to the rear, they were fired upon by another rebel force, when he dropped as if shot, and after lying for some time on the ground, and until the escort had moved off, he traveled to Chattanooga during the night, a distance of about ten miles.
This boy attracted the attention of the noble-hearted Thomas, who sent him to school at his own expense, then obtained an appointment for him at West Point, and he is now a very gentlemanly officer of the army.
Michiagn
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