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Without any formal orders to retreat, what was left of the several organizations yielded to a general impulse to abandon the field. Officers and men became controlled by the one thought of getting as far as possible from the enemy.

Henry Villard

American Journalist

Born: Apr 10, 1835

Died: Nov 12, 1900

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