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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 117 (search)
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89. the murder of negro troops.
Okalona, Mississippi, June 14, 1864.
There is but one fact significant above all others in connection with the recent victory of General Forrest--it is the first which has been won by the smaller over the larger force, where the inequality in numbers was so great that every participant in the struggle must have been conscious of the relative strength of the combatants.
Strategy, Forrest's name, and confidence in their leader, won the day. The Yankees and negroes opposed Forrest in Middle Tennessee, and came forth simply to slaughter the helpless, to plunder and desolate the country.
Forrest's strength in the contest was about three thousand five hundred men. The number of negroes and whites is not accurately ascertained.
Prisoners say that their force was twelve or fifteen thousand.
Telegraphic despatches have given the general result of the battle, but many days must elapse before the details are known.
Prisoners are constantly b