. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . tsvillo apiwintod General Ronssean to tako tho eonunand of that part jDMe,isB. ^j jj^^ ^^^jy previonsly held hy Gen-eral 0. Jr Mitchell. Hia forcoa wero then dividedand placed in possession of Iluntsville. BattleCreek and SIoMinnsville, General Bragg, who had Buoceedcd Bounregardin command of tho Department of ho Mi
. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . tsvillo apiwintod General Ronssean to tako tho eonunand of that part jDMe,isB. ^j jj^^ ^^^jy previonsly held hy Gen-eral 0. Jr Mitchell. Hia forcoa wero then dividedand placed in possession of Iluntsville. BattleCreek and SIoMinnsville, General Bragg, who had Buoceedcd Bounregardin command of tho Department of ho Mississippi,and had taken the greater portion of tho Contecl-crale army with him to Tupelo, Miss., immediatelyhurried his forces from the latter place, bo ns tomenace Buell and invade Kentucky, General Smiths corps mnrclicd to and occupiedKnosvillo, whilo tho corps of General WilliamJ, Ilnrdce and Lconidaa Polk took possession ofChattanooga. After a few tmys preparations. General Smithscorps moved nortliward, and succeeded in enteringKentucky without encountering any opposition ex-cept at a small toivn called Tazewoll, just south-cast of Cnmberland Gap, where a skirmish tookjihiLe on the Oth of August. Tho two remainingcoipa of Braggi army crossed the Tennessee Itivor. OEOIIGE W. DIETZLEH. at Harrison on the 31st of Angnst, and reachedPikevillo nine days later. From tlio last-namedplace Bragg sent out a heavj- cavalry force, underGencrjl Forrest, ngaiuj^t BuoUs left at McMinns-ville, as a feint, whilo tho armycontinued its way northward. Quite a severe engagement tookplace at the last-named loctdity(also called Little Pond), late onSalurday, tho 30th of August, bo-tiveon Forrests men and a portionof Cenonil T. division,embracing the Seventeenth andFifty - eighth Indiana and thoTwontv si\th Ohio Regiments, withtho Eighth Indiana Battorj Ihiaforce placed in cliari^o of ColonelE. P PjlTe of the l\icnt\-<ii\fli -^ Ohio succeeded m routing tho ^ Confederates, iiho
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