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the fight as a regiment. The Thirty-fourth moved forward and attacked the court- house and several private buildings that were garrisoned by the enemy. The fire of the enemy was very murderous at these buildings, and here Col. Toland fell, pierced through the vitals while in the act of urging his men forward and disposition of his forces. Capt. Gilmore pressed forward towards the depot, where he found the enemy in small force, but strongly posted with two pieces of artillery. Lieutenant Abraham, of Capt. Gilmore's company, with a detatchment of the Thirty-fourth regiment, charged upon the guns, shot down the gunners just as they were preparing to fire their second shot, and captured both pieces. The Thirty-fourth was deployed through the town in the meantime, fighting and capturing. The soldiers, and even some of the women, fired from private dwelling-houses. After the dead and wounded had been moved, the court-house and adjacent buildings, from which the fire had been