. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . from the battle-field. This wasthe nearest point at which he could get pro%isious for his men, some of whomhad fasted for thirty hours before the action. Colonel Garfield withdi-ew his forces, February 22d, to the Big Sandy River,where he remaineil until Maich. This was the only engagement between the 3>Garfields strength ou the field did not exceed a retreat. My men drove him down the slopes of 1700 iiKMi. He says iu his report: Not more than the hills, and at , oVlook he had
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . from the battle-field. This wasthe nearest point at which he could get pro%isious for his men, some of whomhad fasted for thirty hours before the action. Colonel Garfield withdi-ew his forces, February 22d, to the Big Sandy River,where he remaineil until Maich. This was the only engagement between the 3>Garfields strength ou the field did not exceed a retreat. My men drove him down the slopes of 1700 iiKMi. He says iu his report: Not more than the hills, and at , oVlook he had been driven from 000 (if my force were aetually engaged. JIar- every point It was growing dark, and I shalls estinnitc of his own () is probaVily eor- deemed it unsafe to pursue him. Garfield with- reet. The Union loss was 2 killed and 2.) wounded, drew to Paintsville on the 1 -Jth and 1 M\\. to procure Garfields reports no doubt of his success supplies, having on the 11th occupied Pr»>ston- in the engagement. He says: At J .;>0 he ordered burg, which the enemy had abandoned.— BEIGADIER-GEXERAL HUMPHBEY MABSHAI.!.FKOM A PHOTOGRAPH. MARSHALL AND GARFIELD IN EASTERN KENTUCKY. 397 two forces. The next mouth General Marshall sent the bulk of his commandsouth of-the Cumberland Mountains, to go into winter quarters, because allsupphes were exhausted in the mountains of Kentucky. General Marshallsforces would probably have been compelled to retm-n to Virginia in order tosecm-e sui^plies, even if they had not been opposed by an enemy. Theoccupation of the Sandy Valley by a largely superior force so crippledhis resouices that he could hardly have subsisted his troops among theimpoverished mountains. Indeed, Colonel Garfield could not have main-tained his position a week, without the aid of the river, by which sup-phes weie brought on steamboats. On the 16th of March, 1862, Garfieldwith 750 men made an attack on a battahon of Virginia militia, occupyingPo
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