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U. S. Civil War
Twenty Seventh Regiment Infantry
I ordered him to send at least one regiment to the left and within the enemy's lines, clean out the rebels"on that flank as far as possible, and then advance. I am sure that both he, with his staff, and the regimental commanders did all in their power to obey these orders.
The 27th Michigan volunteers started towards the left, but its commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Wright, was shot, and the enemy, while protected by their traverses, had so long a line of fire from their pits that the 27th was unable to make any headway, notwithstanding that General Hartranft succeeded in disinterring one of the rebel guns in the work, and filing it down this flank in aid of the movement.
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