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learned.
It is thought by the surgeons that all except Buckingham will recover.
You will see by this report that one half of this little band were killed and wounded.
The work upon the fortifications had not advanced far enough to afford them any protection.
They remained masters of the field until a late hour at night, when they were taken to Decatur.
It is believed that the same force which attacked Lieut. Harman did much mischief along the railroad during the same day. Near Courtland, Ala., eighty of the Tenth Kentucky volunteers were taken prisoners, and two companies of the Tenth Indiana driven away, and in addition to which bridges and trestlework all along the line between Courtland and Decatur were destroyed.
This report would have been finished sooner, but for the reason that we have been upon the march ever since the fight occurred.
Respectfully submitted,
M. B. Walker, Colonel Commanding Thirty-first O. V.I.