History of the First regiment of Tennessee volunteer cavalry in the great war of the rebellion, with the armies of the Ohio and Cumberland, under Generals Morgan, Rosecrans, Thomas, Stanley and Wilson1862-1865 . tured, Wilson ordered Croxton to fall back. Hood laid his pontoons at Davis Ford, five miles eastof Columbia, late in the afternoon of the 28th, and earlythe next morning his army began crossing. Wilson fellback to Rally Hill, where he held the enemy in check duringthe evening, but was unable to concentrate his scatteredtroops until Hurts Cross Roads was reached. From RallyHill, a turn
History of the First regiment of Tennessee volunteer cavalry in the great war of the rebellion, with the armies of the Ohio and Cumberland, under Generals Morgan, Rosecrans, Thomas, Stanley and Wilson1862-1865 . tured, Wilson ordered Croxton to fall back. Hood laid his pontoons at Davis Ford, five miles eastof Columbia, late in the afternoon of the 28th, and earlythe next morning his army began crossing. Wilson fellback to Rally Hill, where he held the enemy in check duringthe evening, but was unable to concentrate his scatteredtroops until Hurts Cross Roads was reached. From RallyHill, a turnpike runs northwest to Spring Hill, and alongthis road Hood led his army in person the next day. WithSchofields small force at Columbia, it looked like he mightas well try to dam up Duck River with a fish net as to checkHoods army. The road over which his army was to retreatwas badly blockaded with wagons, but a greater obstaclethan this was in his way just then. The most of Hoodsarmy was across Duck River as soon as Schofield was, andstood ready to march toward Spring Hill on a shorter all these obstacles in the way, it will be seen thatSchofields situation at Columbia was extremely TENNESSEE VOLUNTEER CAVALRY. 209 and he was led to believe himself that he had delayed theevacuation of Columbia at least one day too long. All com-munication between Schofield and Wilson was cut brigade reached the Lewisburg turnpike at RallyHill about dark, and was immediately formed in line ofbattle across the road to check the enemy until all the scat-tered troops could close up. Wilson held his position atRally Hill, on the Lewisburg turnpike, until after dark onthe 28th, and then fell back and bivouacked near HurtsCross Roads. During the night, Buford joined Forrest, and early thenext morning he moved against Wilson with all of his cav-alry. But W^ilson made a brave and determined resistance,putting Croxtons brigade in the rear, with orders to contestevery f
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