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Civil War Infantry
Twenty Third Infantry
The following is taken from the Red Book of Michigan:
" The brigade had been engaged with its division in a severe encounter with the advancing forces of Longstreet at Hough's Ferry on November 12th, when Colonel Chapin moved forward with his brigade to the attack on the double-quick, and after a severe fight against immense odds drove the enemy back for over three miles, when he took a strong position on a hill which he thought impregnable, defended as it was by three regiments of Longstreet's celebrated corps; but a charge was made by the 2d brigade, and in fifteen minutes the hill was cleared and the rebels routed with heavy loss.
Civil War
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