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The Daily Dispatch: October 27, 1863., [Electronic resource], The late advance towards Abingdon. (search)
The late advance towards Abingdon. --The Bristol (Tenn.) Advocate gives us some further particulars of the second occupation of that place on the 15th ult. Writing on Thursday last, the editor says: The enemy advanced from Blountville on Thursday morning and entered Bristol at about 12 o'clock. The enemy from Zollicoffer formed a junction here about the same time and immediately pursued our retreating army in the direction of Abingdon. They only followed us some six miles, when Col. Witcher's cavalry met them and gave them battle. They thought they had run against a large army, and, alter exchanging some twenty or thirty shots from their artillery, retreated in this direction, saying that the rebels had been reinforced by at least 20,000 men. In this skirmish we killed three and wounded ten of their number. No casualties on our side. Had our forces then turned upon them, as they should have done, we could have killed and captured hundreds of their fleeing forces;