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time.Taking advantage of a brief respite, Cruft skilfully effected a passage of the lines under a skirmishing force, substituting the 1st Kentucky and 90th Ohio for the 2d Kentucky and, 31st Indiana, which had almost exhausted their ammunition. The new line was soon engaged, and an advance was ordered. Thelit Kentucky, Colonel Bnyart, on the right, charged the enemy fiercely and drove them sharply back, pursuing to the erest of the hill, clean beyond ana back of the burnthouse in our front—a point several hundredSards in advance of any previously attained y any of cur troops. It was one of the most daring and effective charges made that sanguinary day. The 904h Ohio had likewise been ordered forward, and it pushed forward gallantly with its veteran companion, but the flanking fire of the enemy from the burnt house was so severe that Gen. Cruft called it back, and the npble 1st Kentuckypushed on alone. The loss of both regiments wa* very severe.HftZldArt'fl aItArv mAortfimn xmaa v^rlr.
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Cincinnati Daily Commercial
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Fri, Jan 23, 1863
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