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 Posted: Sat Jun 27th, 2009 09:23 pm
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 The 42nd Indiana was scattered along the mostly dry bed of Doctor's Creek when Johnson's Confederate brigade attacked. The Hoosier soldiers had to turn their backs on the enemy and climb these cliffs under fire, many did not make it out.



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"Eat out Virginia clean and clear...so that crows flying over it for the balance of the season will have to carry their own provender." U.S. Grant to Phil Sheridan