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ommanding at Stevenson, asking a supply of rations. He promptly promised them. Owing to delays on the railway, however, they did not reach the troops in time. The garrison at Larkinsville consisted of company M, Eleventh Indiana cavalry (Captain Given,. commanding), numbering probably sixty men, and a sort of amateur gathering of mounted men, who styled themselves Alabama scouts, under Captain Sparks, say thirty or forty in number. At seven A. M. all the cavalry and the anomalous scouts wns or companies of the division. The reports of the brigade commanders contain general and special notices of these officers, and the attention of the Major-General commanding is directed particularly to them. The cheerful manner in which Captain Given (Company M, Eleventh Indiana cavalry), commanding garrison at Larkinsville, responded to all orders from my headquarters, and the valuable service which his command rendered, from thorough knowledge of the surrounding country, is entitled to
lloy's troops had not been carried out. The men were out of rations ; the weather now cold, rainy, and disagreeable, and the roads well nigh impassable for infantry. On reaching Larkinsville, a telegraphic message was sent to Colonel Krizzanowski, commanding at Stevenson, asking a supply of rations. He promptly promised them. Owing to delays on the railway, however, they did not reach the troops in time. The garrison at Larkinsville consisted of company M, Eleventh Indiana cavalry (Captain Given,. commanding), numbering probably sixty men, and a sort of amateur gathering of mounted men, who styled themselves Alabama scouts, under Captain Sparks, say thirty or forty in number. At seven A. M. all the cavalry and the anomalous scouts were sent to patrol the roads in the direction of Winchester and New Nashville, Robinson's farm, &c., with instructions to keep a strong vidette post at Colonel Province's. Infantry patrols were sent out to watch the approaches leading through the cov
for their personal efforts in the late campaign, and for the good results following from their labors in demonstration of the problem that colored men can be made soldiers. It is impossible to note all the deserving officers in command of battalions or companies of the division. The reports of the brigade commanders contain general and special notices of these officers, and the attention of the Major-General commanding is directed particularly to them. The cheerful manner in which Captain Given (Company M, Eleventh Indiana cavalry), commanding garrison at Larkinsville, responded to all orders from my headquarters, and the valuable service which his command rendered, from thorough knowledge of the surrounding country, is entitled to creditable mention. My staff consisted of the following officers, viz.: Captain John A. Wright, Assistant Adjutant-General; Captain G. W. Marshall, Assistant Quartermaster; Captain A. C. Ford (Thirty-first Indiana), Acting Commissary of Subsistenc