. The history of the One hundred and fourth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry . ins Battery, commandedby Lieutenant Green, was placed in position on thecrest, where it was amply supported by the infantry. THE ONE IILNDHED AND FOURTH I illlllCr aiKI l^llllllliaill I iUMCM Il-Bp^r*. ll»»ri_» , »H-jriw>i-vi l«i (h«* Irft tiaiik to f tlifSiMMnnl hxliana, nmlrr Lii*ul«Miaiit-(oliu*I Stew ait,ami I he half ciMiiiKiiiy «»f llir Kl«*v«iitli Ktnimkv, Cap-lain Slairr, wiTf onlrnMl to covt-r a ml |tioi»Mt tin* ri;ilitHank, wliitli was rapalth* of litin;^^ easily nirnctl. Tiicl«ft was ;iuai(l«(l
. The history of the One hundred and fourth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry . ins Battery, commandedby Lieutenant Green, was placed in position on thecrest, where it was amply supported by the infantry. THE ONE IILNDHED AND FOURTH I illlllCr aiKI l^llllllliaill I iUMCM Il-Bp^r*. ll»»ri_» , »H-jriw>i-vi l«i (h«* Irft tiaiik to f tlifSiMMnnl hxliana, nmlrr Lii*ul«Miaiit-(oliu*I Stew ait,ami I he half ciMiiiKiiiy «»f llir Kl«*v«iitli Ktnimkv, Cap-lain Slairr, wiTf onlrnMl to covt-r a ml |tioi»Mt tin* ri;ilitHank, wliitli was rapalth* of litin;^^ easily nirnctl. Tiicl«ft was ;iuai(l«(l ami iiia«l» «linituh t attatk by a drtiiravine rnnnin;: t»» tlic river. l\> iimie efreeiually pro-ten tlie ri^lit an<l rear (a|»taiii Lutlinj:t«»n was sentwith ronipany II to oju-rate in that <|naitei-. Taptain Lei;:hit»n, who was on tletacheW diiiy with<«»!npany A in llartsxijje. was left to ti;zht it out onhis own REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS. 63 worth jiiiiis and howitzors. Vide Morgans Koport. ()nthe march liis forces had been further increased byall of the guerrilla bands and citizeus in the country,making- his total not less than 4,000 men. (leneral Morgan, in pursuance of his cunning andcarefully devised plan, had left Kairds Mills, twenty-five miles from llartsville, on Saturday, and, march-ing all day, reached the Cumberland near the Federallines that evening. He occupied the rest of the nightin crossing the infantry on an old boat, while (olonelDuke, with the regular cavalry, passed by a ford hn\-erdown. Another force was sent with artillery to take aposition on the south bank of the river—o])])osite ourcamp and covering it—the ford and Hartsville. Stillanother detachment, 1,000 strong, was ordered to dashinto the village, capture or destroy the forces there andattack our rear. All of these movements were beingpromptly executed before and b^ the time that Morganwas advancing with hi
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