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alry had been sent to follow Sherman. As the orders to Forrest were incidentally delayed, and Hood had not cavalry enough to protect his trains, he was compelled to wait for the coming of Forrest. To hasten the meeting, he moved down the river as far as Florence, where he arrived on October 31st. This unfortunate delay gave the enemy time to repair the railroad to Chattanooga, and accumulate supplies at Atlanta for a march thence toward the Atlantic coast. Forrest's cavalry joined on November 21st, and the movement began. The enemy's forces at that time were concentrated at Pulaski and at Lawrenceburg. Hood endeavored to place his army between these forces and Nashville, but our cavalry, having driven off the enemy at Lawrenceburg, gave notice of our advance, and on the 23d he evacuated Pulaski and moved rapidly by the turnpike and railroad to Columbia. On the evening of November 27th our army took position in front of the works at that place. During the night the town was ev