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On August 28, 1862, at 7:15 p.m., the 76th New York Infantry, the “Cortland County Regiment,” under Col. W.P. Wainwright, served in 2nd Brigade under Doubleday, First Division under King, Third Corps under McDowell, Army of Virginia, USA. Sgt. Uberton Burnham recalled that as the rebels advanced from the woods to charge Gibbon’s brigade on their left, Gibbon’s men stood fast and fired rapidly, while the 76th New York gave the Confederates a crossfire that thinned their ranks and brought down their color bearer, until the attackers turned back toward the woods.
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