. The story of the marches, battles, and incidents of the Third United States Colored Cavalry; a fighting regiment in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-5 . after some , charged them, but encountering a deepravine or gully that he could not cross, the regiment was broughtto an unexpected halt when within short range of the enemy. Con-ditions being equal, as neither party could come to close quarters,Major Cook quickly dismounted his men, who, taking advantageof such cover as the nature of the ground afforded, soon madethe enemys position untenable, and he withdrew from the was
. The story of the marches, battles, and incidents of the Third United States Colored Cavalry; a fighting regiment in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-5 . after some , charged them, but encountering a deepravine or gully that he could not cross, the regiment was broughtto an unexpected halt when within short range of the enemy. Con-ditions being equal, as neither party could come to close quarters,Major Cook quickly dismounted his men, who, taking advantageof such cover as the nature of the ground afforded, soon madethe enemys position untenable, and he withdrew from the was in this fight that Captain George C. Starr, Third U. Cavalry, fell mortally wounded, shot through the stom-ach. He suffered intensely, as he had to be carried in the am-bulance the remainder of that and thie next day, and died twodays later in Yazoo City. His remains were taken back with theregiment to Vicksburg, and there placed in a burial case andtaken to his relatives in Indianapolis, Indiana. Lieutenant Pet-tengill accompanied the remains. Subsequendy a brother officerperformed the same sad duty with the remains of Lieutenant Bet-. CaiT. a. J. HAYNKS,Third U. S. C C. Third U S. Colored Cavalry. 169 tengill, who was killed in action about a year after. On reachingVaughn Station, on the Mississippi Central Railroad, the station-house was burned by order of the general commanding. From Vaughn Station the command moved to attack a forcethat was guarding the bridge over Big Black river, but finding itimpracticable to reach the ^bridge, on account of the swampy con-dition of the country, the command, after destroying sometrestle-work and track, returned to Benton, thence to Vicksburgby way of Yazoo City, arriving at Vicksburg on the 18th, havingmarched over 200 miles, and foiight the enemy almost daily. Report of Brigadier-General John Mcx^rthur, U. S. Army,commanding expedition from Vicksburg to Yazoo City, Miss.,May 4-21, 1864, with skirmisheis at Benton (7th and 9t
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