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On August 29, 1862, at 5:30 p.m., the 2nd Brigade under Birney, part of the First Division under Kearny in Heintzelman’s Third Corps of the Army of the Potomac, included the 4th Maine Infantry under Col. Elijah Walker, the 40th New York Infantry under Col. Thomas W. Egan, and the 101st New York Infantry under Col. Nelson A. Gesner. In fighting described by Adjutant Theodore A. Dodge of the 101st New York, the brigade advanced to within 30 yards of an enemy position in a railroad cutting about 15 feet deep with steep sides, exchanged fire for nearly three quarters of an hour until cartridges were nearly exhausted, then charged with bayonets, plunged into the cutting, and drove the enemy through the woods.
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