Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . CHAPTER XI. TOHOPEKA,. N order to supply the placeof the troops who had justbeen discharged, GeneralCocke had been directed tobrin«: into the field imme-diately the East Tennesseetroops he had failed to raisewhen previously ordered todo so. These men were to be mustered into theUnited States service, to serve three months from the28th of February. Two thousand men were raisedunder this order; although Cocke pretended that itwas impossible to execute it. Three thousand menfrom the second, or West Tennessee division, werealso called out, under Brigadier-General
Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . CHAPTER XI. TOHOPEKA,. N order to supply the placeof the troops who had justbeen discharged, GeneralCocke had been directed tobrin«: into the field imme-diately the East Tennesseetroops he had failed to raisewhen previously ordered todo so. These men were to be mustered into theUnited States service, to serve three months from the28th of February. Two thousand men were raisedunder this order; although Cocke pretended that itwas impossible to execute it. Three thousand menfrom the second, or West Tennessee division, werealso called out, under Brigadier-General Johnston. On the 6th of February, the 39th regiment ofUnited States infantry, under Colonel Williams, ar- 206 TOHOPEKA. rived at Fort Strother. The army was now suffi-ciently strong to commence active operations; but thefailure of supphes again impeded their the dismissal of the old contractorsand the employment of new ones, the service con-tinued to be very imperfectly performed. The general,becoming indignant at the delay t
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