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Ryan, good work. You mention Abner Perrin leading his men forward. Perrin's personal intervention when his brigade was faltering made all the difference, in my opinion. Without his inspired leadership at a critical moment, I wonder whether his brigade would have succeeded in breaking the Federal line. Of course, the irony is that if the First Corps remnants had held against Perrin in the vicinity of the Seminary, their chances of successfully passing through town would have been greatly diminished, given that Early and Rodes were moving to shut off that escape route.