. History of the great rebellion, from its commencement to its close, giving an account of its origin, the secession of the southern states, and the formation of the Confederate government, the concentration of the military and financial resources of the federal government ... together with sketches of the lives of all the eminent statesmen and military and naval commanders, with a full and complete index. From official sources . also several of the steamers on the Cumberland River ^XGr^i cap-tured and burned. On the 31st of .January, 1863, General Jeff. C. Davis, with a divi-sion
. History of the great rebellion, from its commencement to its close, giving an account of its origin, the secession of the southern states, and the formation of the Confederate government, the concentration of the military and financial resources of the federal government ... together with sketches of the lives of all the eminent statesmen and military and naval commanders, with a full and complete index. From official sources . also several of the steamers on the Cumberland River ^XGr^i cap-tured and burned. On the 31st of .January, 1863, General Jeff. C. Davis, with a divi-sion of infantry and two brigades of cavalry, under Colonel Minty,moved from camp on an expedition in the direction of Rover andFranklin. Tlie force was absent thirteen days, during which itscoured the country, making many captures from the enemy. On theConfederate side there was much activity under Colonel Forrest, whooperated to cut off supplies on the Cumberland. On the 5th of Marcha Federal brigade at S])ring Hill was surprised by a large force underVan Dorn. The former consisted of the Thirty-third and Eighty-fifth Indiana, Twenty-second Wisconsin, and Nineteenth Michigan,numbering fifteen hundred and eighty-nine men, together with theOne Hundred and Twenty-fourth Ohio and six hundred cavalry, andone battery of six small guns, all under Colonel John Colburn. Ofthese, thirteen hundred and six men were captured. The cavalry. HISTORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION. 481 and artillery escaped. The enemy were followed to Duck River byGeneral Sheridan, who succeeded in capturing some prisoners. Onthe 20th of March, a force of fourteen hundred men, under ColonelA. S. Hall, was attacked by the Confederates, under John Morgan, atMilton, twelve miles northeast of Murfreesboro, and after a sharpconflict the assailants were driven off. Many expeditions were sentout by both sides with more or less success. About the 10th of April,Van Dorn, with a force of about ten thousand men, renewed the at-tack
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