The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 32, In Three Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 33
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GENERAL REPORTS.
was soon dislodged, the town falling into our possession. A rebel
mail was also captured there by us. The expedition next proceeded
down to Whitesburg, gaining information of the enemy's where-
abouts, and thence down toward Triana, where on the north side a
force fully equal to ours was discovered drawn up in line, and on the
south side was seen a much larger force with a piece of artillery.
Information had been received at the bluffs, where we destroyed a
large boat, that the enemy expected a battery of artillery at Triana.
Owing to the insufficient character of the defenses of the boat, the
machinery being utterly unprotected, and the fact that numbers of
lives would be lost without accomplishing any material object if we
attempted to pass through the narrows in opposition to the enemy,
it was resolved to head upstream and regain Guntersville as soon as
possible, the expedition having got within 14 miles of Decatur.
April 13, the expedition reached Whitesburg on its return in the
evening and examined the north bank of the river on the passage.
April 15, reached Bridgeport about 2 a. m., having destroyed 47
boats and captured' 4 prisoners, with but 3 casualties on our side.
Important information was also gleaned of movements of the enemy
on both banks of the river.
CAVALRY.*
JANUARY.
First Cavalry Division, commanded by Col. Edward M. McCook,
Second ndiana Cavalry.
January 1 and 2, in camp at Talbott's Station, Tenn.
January 3, the division moved back to Mossy Creek 3 miles, and
remained in camp until the 14th. Weather very cold and snowy.
Officers and men suffering severely for lack of tents or other shelter
and of clothing. During this time foraging and scouting parties
seiit to the front captured over 50 of the enemy and killed and
wounded several in the different skirmishes that took place.
January 14, marched in rear of Garrard's and Wolford's divisions
of cavalry (Army of Ohio) to Dandridge; 10 miles.
January 15, remained in camp.
January 16, at 12 m. marched on Morristown road, the enemy's
cavalry falling back. to near Kimbrough's Cross-Roads, where their
infantry was discovered in strong force. The division returned,
found Wolford being pressed back on the right of Morristown road,
and, forming upon his left, drove the enemy back some distance.
Our casualties, 2 killed and 6 wounded; enemy's loss not known.
January 17, at 1 p. m. the enemy advanced with heavy columns
of infantry, attacking picket-post of Second Brigade, on the right
of Morristown road. The brigade formed on the picket-line, and,
despite the several attempts of the enemy, made with overwhelming
numbers of infantry, to gain possession of the wooded eminence,
they were repulsed, and after the third attempt ceased. Their colors
fell three times in one advance. Their solid, heavy columns suffered
severely from the deliberate, well-directed fire of our men. This
was the first occasion upon which the division had met the enemy's
infantry, and here they successfully r ulsed the flower of Long-
Commanded by Brig. Gen. iashington L. Elliott.
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CHAP. XLIV.]
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 32, In Three Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1891; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152618/m1/54/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.