...rounding country, at 7000 men. The entire force under my command, engaged and in supporting distance, was 9000 men and eight guns. On April 8th and 9th, Wilson's entire cavalry corps, excepting Croxton 's brigade, crossed the Alabama River, and having rendered Selma practically valueless to the Confederacy by his thorough destruction of its railroads and supplies, Wilson marched into Georgia by way ...