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During Confederate General Early's advance on Washington, D.C., First Lieutenant George Davis was part of a detachment assigned to guard a railroad bridge and small wooden bridge that spanned the river between Frederick City and Washington. Under the rebel advance, General Wallace found it useless to resist further and ordered the bridges destroyed, opting to sacrifice his skirmishers to save Washington. The Union forces around the bridge beat back two overwhelming assaults before a third in the late-afternoon pushed them backwards. Under a heavy fire from the enemy, while his comrades broke and ran before the onslaught, Corporal Alexander Scott braved the fusillade to save the national flag of his regiment from capture. |
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