My officers and men understood wishes so well that this movement was executed under fire, the right wing keeping up fire, without giving the enemy any occasion to seize or even to suspect their advantage.
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I long to be in the Field again, doing my part to keep the old flag up, with all its stars.
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Just after writing those we were called up to defend a new position on the left, where the terrible storming of the bridge over the Antietam took place.
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