. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . hat the left flank of the Iron Brigadewas entirely unprotected, had fallen back beyond the range of theUnion guns, reformed his ranks, moved by his right flank and placedhis brigade on the left flank and rear of the Twenty-fourth Michigan,and between it and Dennisons brigade which should have protectedthat flank.* McCandless Brigade of Crawfords Division had been *An officer of the Stonewall Brigade, who was in the battle, during a conversation with a memberof the Twenty-fourth Mich
. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . hat the left flank of the Iron Brigadewas entirely unprotected, had fallen back beyond the range of theUnion guns, reformed his ranks, moved by his right flank and placedhis brigade on the left flank and rear of the Twenty-fourth Michigan,and between it and Dennisons brigade which should have protectedthat flank.* McCandless Brigade of Crawfords Division had been *An officer of the Stonewall Brigade, who was in the battle, during a conversation with a memberof the Twenty-fourth Michigan some years ago, stated that his Brigade executed the movement describedabovej 232 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MICHIGAN. ordered to make connection with the left of the Iron Brigade when itadvanced through the woods, but had failed to keep up with therapid advance of Wadsworths Division. This movement of theenemy compelled the left of Wadsworths Division to fall back insome confusion and thus all the advantage gained by the hard fighting Stowifyall Bcisa^^loosAvo. £l^. 2-* po€r» i4^ jvaioit. ICOI^ ,a(le,\%^ ;<5!^i\-v-!x ilif- V\vi W^ Wis 14v Iie,vv\. vts B<iQ,<^^*- TW^ Kax^ S^,l£»l.^. was sacrificed by the failure of Dennisons Brigade properly to protectthe left flank of the Division. Historians generally have asserted that in the advance the left ofWadsworths Division changed its direction so as to project its leftflank directly in front of the enemys line of battle. Possibly thedirection man have been changed, but upon positive proof by actorsin the fight, the line of the enemy was struck squarely in front by the grants campaign—1864. 233 Twenty-fourth Michigan, and not until that movement of the Stonewall Brigade described above, did the Iron Brigade receive asingle shot from the left flank and rear. Some of the men of theTwenty-fourth Michigan were captured before they had gone twentyfeet to
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