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U. S. Civil War
Twenty Seventh Regiment Infantry
About 7 or 8 o'clock the colored division moved into and on the right of the crater, and I sent orders to Hartranft to follow up and support them if they succeeded in advancing. At the same time I pushed forward Humphrey's brigade in a front attack against the rebel rifle-pits on the left of the crater. The 2d, 20th, and 1st Michigan regiments went in line, and with no great loss carried the pits the length of their line, capturing some 40 prisoners, but the 46th New "York Volunteers broke, and in their disgraceful retreat threw two remaining regiments of the 2d brigade into temporary disorder, and separated them from the line of battle.
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