... xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/strict"> The ground was admirably adapted to a defense of infantry against cavalry, being miry and covered with fallen timber. As the regiment of infantry broke, Dickey 's cavalry began to discharge their carbines, and fell into disorder. A couple of months after the battle of Shiloh, Forrest was sent to command a cavalry brigade at Chattanooga, and bidding good ...