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<p>Captured mules - horses and negroes and about 250 prisoners, and damaged the rebels generally. When they started they left the other 4 guns safe as they supposed now 1 - 2 - 5 and 6 reporting to Col | <p>Captured mules - horses and negroes and about 250 prisoners, and damaged the rebels generally. When they started they left the other 4 guns safe as they supposed now 1 - 2 - 5 and 6 reporting to Col Sprague's brig of infantry lying in Decatur Ga 6 ms from Atlanta and guarding a larger wagon train. About noon on the 22nd we were suddenly surprised by Wheeler's Corp of rebel cavalry and after a brief fight of half an hour driven out of Decatur. | ||
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<pre> Our 4 guns went into the fight without orders, and am happy to say came out of it honorably, although we lost 8 men wounded inside of half an hour. Ed Field from Dunton Stn. and old acquaintance of John Fleming's is probably mortally wounded, being shot | <pre> Our 4 guns went into the fight without orders, and am happy to say came out of it honorably, although we lost 8 men wounded inside of half an hour. Ed Field from Dunton Stn. and old acquaintance of John Fleming's is probably mortally wounded, being shot | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:30, 24 November 2017
Captured mules - horses and negroes and about 250 prisoners, and damaged the rebels generally. When they started they left the other 4 guns safe as they supposed now 1 - 2 - 5 and 6 reporting to Col Sprague's brig of infantry lying in Decatur Ga 6 ms from Atlanta and guarding a larger wagon train. About noon on the 22nd we were suddenly surprised by Wheeler's Corp of rebel cavalry and after a brief fight of half an hour driven out of Decatur.
Our 4 guns went into the fight without orders, and am happy to say came out of it honorably, although we lost 8 men wounded inside of half an hour. Ed Field from Dunton Stn. and old acquaintance of John Fleming's is probably mortally wounded, being shot