...ending off any more troops. In the meanwhile Thomas's corps, while in the act of passing one of the gaps leading from McLemore's Cove, enclosed between Lookout and Pigeon Mountains to Alpine's, in Broomtown valley , where lay McCook's corps, he was suddenly confronted by a portion of our forces under General Hindman, which compelled his hasty retreat. This sudden show of strength excited uneasiness and doubt...