Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Townsend” in page 505 of Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1.:
... an attack.
The Germans at once opened upon Townsend's column with musketry and one cannon.
The other cannon was with Lieutenant Greble, who had pushed eagerly forward a mile or more in advance. Townsend 's men shouted Boston lustily, while Bendix's men shouted Saratoga.
The shots of the Germans were returned irregularly, when the assailed party,
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