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The men, if properly officered, would make good soldiers, but with their present officers they are little better than an armed mob.
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Dodge expresses his belief that the troops could perform well if they had competent leadership.
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The proper credit was not given to General Curtis, while the history and records of the battle show that he was entitled to all of the credit, and fought the battle in opposition to Siegel's views.
CHARGE! and such a yell as they crossed that field with, you never heard--it was unearthly and scared the rebels so bad they never stopped to fire at us or to let us reach them.
Our men fought like heroes; many fell covered with wounds.
Every man was at his post; every man doing a hero's duty.
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