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About the 1st of December, the regiment crossed the Cumberland river and was engaged in guarding ferries below Nashville, patrolling the country as far as Harpeth Shoals, and pressing in horses until the 13th, when we moved to Edgefield opposite Nashville. Here the cavalry command was reorganized. The Seventh was assigned to the First Brigade, Sixth Division, Brig-Gen. Johnson, commanding. Col.
Finally, the next day, when part of his forces had arrived, Fitzgibbon coming up leisurely with his corps of magnificent soldiers, he was forced to commence the battle in the absence of Farlin and his corps. Rackett holding Pike's right, Shunk in the center, and Brig-Gen. David Lyon on the left of Shunk, his left resting on the edge of a grove of thick timber.
Hence it is that that the public good requires that strong as well as speedy measures should be taken against Black Hawk and his followers. Respectfully, I have the honor to be your obedient servant, To Brig-Gen. Atkinson. ROCK ISLAND, April 13, 1832.
Dobbins Wesson was regiment mail boy, then Rufus W. Gardner took his place. William Green shot and killed himself while hunting deserters. David Philbeck was the first man to die; he died of measles. Ben. A. Jenkins was the last man to die; he died in Point Lookout prison. The Fifty-sixth Regiment N. C. Troops served under Generals Bob Ransom, Martin Pryor, and then under Brig-Gen. Matt.
The following is a copy of a dispatch received in Richmond, yesterday morning, by General Bragg: "PLYMOUTH, April 20th. To General Bragg. I have stormed and carried this place, capturing one Brigadier, one thousand six hundred men, a quantity of stores, and twenty-five pieces of artillery. R.D. HOKE, Brig-Gen.
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