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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore) 8 0 Browse Search
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all public wagons to a point of safety in Virginia. I then sent Captain Holliday with a small mounted party on the Johns's Creek road, and Captains Thomas and Clay on the river road to Prestensburg, to observe the movements of the enemy. This was on the night of the 8th. Captain Thomas discovered the advanced guard of the enndred in killed, with the usual proportion of wounded. I cannot speak in terms of commendation too high of the gallantry of Captains May, Thomas, Hawkins, and Clay, and Lieut. Van Hook and Sam. Clay — indeed, the officers and men behaved with so much courage and coolness that to discriminate at all would be invidious. If we Sam. Clay — indeed, the officers and men behaved with so much courage and coolness that to discriminate at all would be invidious. If we had have had one thousand men more, and a battery of six pieces, we could have whipped and destroyed both columns; but with the small force I had, It was impossible to fight both at once, and to have opposed my whole force to one would have exposed my rear to the other. Our cartridge boxes arrived the day after the fight. We had