. Personal and historical sketches and facial history of and by members of the Seventh regiment Michigan volunteer cavalry, 1862-1865 . ee the 168 Infantry charging toward Winchester. Next comes the orderto us; we hear the bugle sound, which is the signal for us tocharge, away we go over a little knoll, and we are in the midstof the Rebel Infantry who are waiting for us, formed in ahollow square; we do not stop nor slacken our charge, but rideright through and over them, taking most of them this charge the Rebels had a battery planted so itthrew shells into our ranks from the
. Personal and historical sketches and facial history of and by members of the Seventh regiment Michigan volunteer cavalry, 1862-1865 . ee the 168 Infantry charging toward Winchester. Next comes the orderto us; we hear the bugle sound, which is the signal for us tocharge, away we go over a little knoll, and we are in the midstof the Rebel Infantry who are waiting for us, formed in ahollow square; we do not stop nor slacken our charge, but rideright through and over them, taking most of them this charge the Rebels had a battery planted so itthrew shells into our ranks from the right front. One shellhit my horse in the head, and in falling he threw7 me, colors andall, quite a number of feet over his head; I immediately caughtanother horse, mounted and had just overtaken the Colonel neara large building on the left when occurred one of the saddestcalamities of the war to me—our brave Colonel Brewer wasshot and mortally wounded. The day was won, we had routed the enemy and cleanedthem out completely. We now felt the need of rest and wentinto camp. Thus ended one of the most eventful days of myarmy 169 ft
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