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through dense woods to its camp in a cleared area whose apex projected near the
Confederate line. Fraternization between the opposing pickets was routine, but this state of affairs ended when Confederate division commander
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considered retaking it inadvisable, and from this point hostilities in earnest resumed in the regimental sector, forcing its soldiers to remain under cover while in the trenches.
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was captured by a Confederate attack before dawn on 25 March, the regiment was in camp almost four miles away. Command devolved on
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