. The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865 . Field of Operations in. BRAGGS INVASION OF KENTUCKY 65 About the same time the garrison at Clarksville, fiftymiles below Nashville on the Cumberland, was capturedby a band of Confederate partisans, who afterward raidedthrough Western Kentucky, and even crossed the Ohiointo Indiana. The whole country in the rear of Buells long lineseemed to be again in a state of insurrection. This lineextended nominally from Corinth to Cum- _ ,. J The disposi- berland Gap, a distance of three hundred tkmofBueire forces miles, with its lines of communication wit
. The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865 . Field of Operations in. BRAGGS INVASION OF KENTUCKY 65 About the same time the garrison at Clarksville, fiftymiles below Nashville on the Cumberland, was capturedby a band of Confederate partisans, who afterward raidedthrough Western Kentucky, and even crossed the Ohiointo Indiana. The whole country in the rear of Buells long lineseemed to be again in a state of insurrection. This lineextended nominally from Corinth to Cum- _ ,. J The disposi- berland Gap, a distance of three hundred tkmofBueire forces miles, with its lines of communication withthe North reaching back two to three hundred , however, Buell had no troops west of Tuscum-bia in Alabama, or east of McMinnville in Tennessee,until Cumberland Gap was reached, where General Morgan was posted with a force of some twelvethousand men. At McMinnville, which was occupied by General Nel-son on August 3d, there were only a few thousandsoldiers, until Thomas arrived there with his division,about the 16th. When Thomas relieved Nelson here,t
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