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James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 12: (search)
he night was dark, said General Forrest, but my command marched until 10 o'clock by the light of the burning ruins, which illuminated the country for miles. On the 2d of October a demonstration was made on Columbia. The next day the Confederates moved toward Florence, Ala., which was reached without incident on the 5th. The river (forded two weeks earlier) was swollen by recent rains, and the enemy, 15,000 strong, was pressing their rear. The ferryboats were ordered to the mouth of Cypress creek and many troops ferried over, but delay could not be considered. At this emergency, General Forrest ordered all troops north of the river, except the Sixteenth Tennessee, under Col. Andrew N. Wilson, to mount and swim across a slough 70 yards wide to an island, from which they could be ferried at leisure. Unbounded trust was placed in the gallant Wilson and his splendid regiment, and it was not misplaced. Almost surrounded by 15,000 of the enemy for three days, the marvel is that he