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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—--the Mississippi. (search)
pected arrival of the enemy, then of the Confederate cavalry after them, are undecided whether to fly or remain, and, stricken with fear, look with amazement upon the passage of these hostile columns that are carrying war into the very heart of the Confederacy. In the mean while, Forrest, after having given his soldiers at Blountsville the rest and food they stand in need of, forces them once more into the saddle, whilst Streight, still hastening the pace of his column, crosses the Black Warrior River, penetrates into that mountainous section of country called Sand Mountain, and does not come to a halt until midnight, after a march of nearly thirty miles. Forrest presses hard upon his rear, and overtakes it at the ford of the Black Warrior, but toward nine o'clock in the evening the pursuit is interrupted by an engagement in which he makes a few prisoners. The Federals thus gain an advance on him, which they soon lose by taking a rest from midnight until daylight on the 2d of May,