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At Spangler's Spring, Captain Selfridge of Company H took some of his men's canteens ahead to fill them and discovered Confederate soldiers, called "Johnnies," also there filling their canteens. He withdrew as calmly as he could and reported the encounter to the colonel. A skirmish line then found the enemy where reported and saved many lives, according to Captain Joseph Matchett of the 46th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
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