. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . 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 righting StoWiKvall BciSuEU,*- posAxd. 1* \rt£L. \.v\.» B<icaa-*- was sacrificed by the failure of Dennisons Brigade p
. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . 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 righting StoWiKvall BciSuEU,*- posAxd. 1* \rt£L. \.v\.» B<icaa-*- 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 theStonewall 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 the rear, running directly into the Confederate lines. The whole line of Wadsworths Division fell back through thewoods in considerable confusion and reformed near the Lacey the troops were ordered to throw up intrenchm
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