. History of Morgan's cavalry . gan commenced themovement indicated in this letter. His division consisted of three brigades. The first under com-mand of Colonel Giltner, Avas between ten and eleven hundredstrong, and was a magnificent body of hardy, dashing young men,drawn chiefly from the middle and eastern counties of second brigade was composed of the mounted men of theold Morgan division. It consisted of three small battalions,commanded respectively by Lieutenant Colonel Bowles andMajors Cassell and Kirkpatrick. It was between five and sixhundred strong and was commanded by L
. History of Morgan's cavalry . gan commenced themovement indicated in this letter. His division consisted of three brigades. The first under com-mand of Colonel Giltner, Avas between ten and eleven hundredstrong, and was a magnificent body of hardy, dashing young men,drawn chiefly from the middle and eastern counties of second brigade was composed of the mounted men of theold Morgan division. It consisted of three small battalions,commanded respectively by Lieutenant Colonel Bowles andMajors Cassell and Kirkpatrick. It was between five and sixhundred strong and was commanded by Lieutenant ColonelAlston. The third brigade was composed of the dismountedmen of both the other commands, the greater number, however,beino; from the second briorade. It was organized into two bat-talions, commanded respectively by Lieutenant Colonel Martinand Major Geo. R. Diamond, a brave and exceedingly competentofficer of Giltners brigade. The third brigade was about eighthundred strong and was commanded by Colonel D. Howard. (521; 522 HISTORY OF morgans CAVALRY. Smith, No artillery was taken—it could not have been trans-ported over the roads which General Morgan expected to column reached Pound Gap on the 2nd of June and found itoccupied by a force of the enemy. Colonel Smith was orderedto clear the path, and pushing his brigade forward, he soon didit. Several horses were captured, which was accepted as ahappy omen. Sending a scouting party to observe the direction taken by theretreating enemy, and to ascertain if they joined a larger forceand turned again. General Morgan pressed on, hoping to reachMt. Sterling—the general Federal depot of supplies and mostimportant post in that portion of Kentucky—before GeneralBurbridge could return from the extreme eastern part of theState. As Burbridge was incumbered with artillery and wouldbe two or three days in getting the news, General Morgan con-fidently believed that he could reach Mt. Sterling first. Themountaino
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