. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ox from Duek River, was marched along to the eastof the pike, to protect the train, and the enemy were speedily driven off. Itwas near daybreak when the last wagon left Spring Hill. Kimballs division REPELLING HOODS INVASION OF TENNESSEE. 449 followed Woods, and at 4 oclock Wagner drew in his lines, his skirmishersremaining till it was fairly daylight. The rear-guard was commanded byColonel Emerson Opdycke, who was prepared, if necessary, to sacrifice thelast man to secure the saf
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ox from Duek River, was marched along to the eastof the pike, to protect the train, and the enemy were speedily driven off. Itwas near daybreak when the last wagon left Spring Hill. Kimballs division REPELLING HOODS INVASION OF TENNESSEE. 449 followed Woods, and at 4 oclock Wagner drew in his lines, his skirmishersremaining till it was fairly daylight. The rear-guard was commanded byColonel Emerson Opdycke, who was prepared, if necessary, to sacrifice thelast man to secure the safety of the main body. So efficiently did his admi-rable brigade do its work, that, though surrounded by a cloud of the enemyscavalry, which made frequent dashes at its lines, not a straggler nor a wagon The ground was strewn with knapsacks cut from the lot of raw re-down with theirburden. the column, un-reached the out-lin about thethe rear-guardSpring Hill. sleepy, hungry was left behindshoulders of acruits weighedunaccustomedThe head ofder General Cox,skirts of Frank-same hour thatwas leavingHere the tired,. 1. THE CARTER HOUSE, FROM THE SIDE TOWARD THE 3. FRONT VIEW OF THE CARTER HOUSE. 2. THE CARTER HOUSEFROM PHOTOGRAPHS TA FROM THEKEN IN 1884 CONFEDERATE men, who had fought and marched, day and night, for nearly a week, threwup a line of earth-works on a slight eminence which guards the southernapproach to the town, even before they made their coffee. Then they gladlydropped anywhere for the much-needed forty winks. Slowly the restof the weary column, regiment after regiment of worn-out men, filed intothe works, and continued the line, till a complete bridge-head, from theriver-bank above to the river-bank below, encircled the town. By noonof the 30th all the troops had come up, and the wagons were crossing theriver, which was already fordable, notwithstanding the recent heavy rain-falls. The rear-guard was still out, having an occasional bout with the enemy.[Se
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