...xt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/strict">the garrisons which General Granger had called to Stevenson, to their former posts. He was joined by Granger at the latter place, and they reoccupied Decatur on the 27th, but too late to impede Hood's flight, for he had already crossed the Tennessee. But a cavalry force of six hundred men, under Colonel W. J. Palmer, was sent from Decatur in pursuit of ...