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On August 28, 1862, at 7:00 p.m., the 6th Wisconsin Infantry of the 4th Brigade under Gibbon, First Division under King, Third Corps under McDowell, Army of Virginia, U.S.A., commanded by Col. Lysander Cutler, halted at short range and opened fire from low ground in the gathering darkness, gaining an advantage as the enemy overshot the line. Maj. Rufus Dawes recalled that the regiment's fire did great execution, threw the rebels into complete confusion, drove them back into the woods behind them, and was followed by a loud and jubilant cheer along the brigade's whole line.
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