. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . der for the part whichthey took in the battle of Stamford the following day, andcrossed the Cumberland River at Gallatin, driving JohnMorgan out of Lebanon with considerable loss. In December, [862, he was assigned to the commandof the First Cavalry Brigade, which moved in advance ofthe left wing of the Army of the Cumberland from Nash-ville to Murfreesborough, and took part in the battli olStone River. March 5, 1 863, General Rosecrans, in a telegram to theSecretary of War, reporting an affair of March 4, said, The brav
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . der for the part whichthey took in the battle of Stamford the following day, andcrossed the Cumberland River at Gallatin, driving JohnMorgan out of Lebanon with considerable loss. In December, [862, he was assigned to the commandof the First Cavalry Brigade, which moved in advance ofthe left wing of the Army of the Cumberland from Nash-ville to Murfreesborough, and took part in the battli olStone River. March 5, 1 863, General Rosecrans, in a telegram to theSecretary of War, reporting an affair of March 4, said, The brave Colonel Minty used sabres where carbineswould delay ; and on the 15th of the same month, ingeneral orders, referring to a successful expedition whichthe brigade, as a part of a force under Sheridan, hadmade, General Rosecrans said, In recognition ol thedash and gallantry displayed by this brigade on all occasions, it shall be known henceforth in this department asthe Sabre Brigade of the Army of the Cumberland. In the advance from Murfreesborough, June 27, [863,40 U3. General David S. Stanley, chiel of cavalry, with Mitchellsdivision and Mintys brigade, was to carry (mys (rap onthe extreme left of the enemys position, Minty being inthe rear. At about eleven oclock Lieutenant Hutchinsrode up and said, Colonel Minty, General Stanley directsthat you move to the front at once ; the brigade in frontissodamned slow lie cannot do anything with it. Mintymoved to the front at a sharp trot, and within fifteenminutes had possession of the gap. I hiring the Chattanooga campaign, Colonel Minty with The Sabie Brigade covered the left wing of the army,and performed effective and valuable services. He com-manded the cavalry covering the left of the Army of theCumberland during the battle of Chickamauga. TheSabre Brigade at Reeds Bridge, and YVilders brigade atAlexanders Bridge, fought Hoods and Walkers corpsin i cssfully, at their attempted crossing of the Chicka-mauga, from seven oclock in
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