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Colonel Dodge having discovered the enemy in the timber to the right, opened the First Iowa Battery on them, causing considerable execution; two rebels on horseback were seen to fall, and the rest fled.
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gutenberg.orgGrenville Dodge: “Colonel Dodge having discovered the enemy in the timber to the right, opened the First Iowa Battery on them, causing…”
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Dodge describes a tactical engagement during the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern where his forces successfully engaged the enemy.
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