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He was highly delighted to see me again, and from that time forward, as long as he remained on the Plains, I resumed my old position as his chief scout. After the battle of Tupedo, Smith's command was ordered to Memphis, and from there sent by boat up the Mississippi. We of the cavalry disembarked at Cape Jardo, Smith remaining behind with the infantry, which came on later.
But we will forget your violation, of them." General Smith kept straight on toward Forrest's stronghold. Ten miles from the spot where the enemy was encamped, he wheeled to the left and headed for Tupedo, Mississippi, reaching there at dark. Forrest speedily discovered that Smith did not intend to attack him on his own ground.
So he broke camp, and, coming up to the rear, continued a hot fire through the next afternoon. Arriving near Tupedo, General Smith selected, as a battleground, the crest of a ridge commanding the position Forrest had taken up. Between the two armies lay a plantation of four or five thousand acres.
I realize that if I had carried out my first order not a man of us would ever have reached the command alive." I said: "General, do you remember the battle of Tupedo?" "I do," he said, with his chest expanding a little. "I was in command at that battle."
The whipping of Forrest had been a particularly difficult and unusual feat, and General Smith never failed to show his pride in the achievement whenever the battle of Tupedo was mentioned. "Do you remember," I continued, "the young fellow you caught behind a tree, and sent for him afterward to ask him why he did so?"
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