. The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865 . / ColmnbiaKrS,Ueo \ >-e«->V^Uk^ r-~— _. buencei; JUnnville Pikes: Hodg-ei Coluiiibia>rx/ rariliiiigt Pulaskp^ Fayetteville y-^ ^ Citjr Vf /t\.-D^-l^vT^ tWincheiv^,, azel Greeno o .^«^•■ = ,-=^^P2K£^>^iii^ti-EeeiuntsviUe . 3eliefJn/o /C ^^fettonrCrawfi^ ^^* iHuntsviUe BdefJSt/o/? -H^?™c^ **^Whitesburg ^A. /S-\f General Map o. BRAGGS INVASION OF KENTUCKY 65 About the same time the garrison at Clarksville, fiftymiles below Nashville on the Cumberland, was capturedby a band of Confederate partisans, who afterward raidedth
. The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865 . / ColmnbiaKrS,Ueo \ >-e«->V^Uk^ r-~— _. buencei; JUnnville Pikes: Hodg-ei Coluiiibia>rx/ rariliiiigt Pulaskp^ Fayetteville y-^ ^ Citjr Vf /t\.-D^-l^vT^ tWincheiv^,, azel Greeno o .^«^•■ = ,-=^^P2K£^>^iii^ti-EeeiuntsviUe . 3eliefJn/o /C ^^fettonrCrawfi^ ^^* iHuntsviUe BdefJSt/o/? -H^?™c^ **^Whitesburg ^A. /S-\f General Map o. BRAGGS INVASION OF KENTUCKY 65 About the same time the garrison at Clarksville, fiftymiles below Nashville on the Cumberland, was capturedby a band of Confederate partisans, who afterward raidedthrough Western Kentucky, and even crossed the Ohiointo Indiana. The whole country in the rear of BuelFs long lineseemed to be again in a state of insurrection. This lineextended nominally from Corinth to Cum-berland Gap, a distance of three hundred tionofBueUs forces miles, with its lines of communication withthe North reaching back two to three hundred , however, Buell had no troops west of Tuscum-bia in Alabama, or east of McMinnville in Tennessee,until Cumberland Gap was reached, where General Morgan was posted with a force of some twelvethousand men. At McMinnville, which was occupied by General Nel-son on August 3d, there were only a few thousandsoldiers, until Thomas arrived there with his division,about the 16th. When Thomas relieved Nelson here,the latter was sent back
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