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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 152 (search)
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149.-reconnoissance from Lagrange.
Lieutenant Smith's report.
Lagrange, Tenn., August 9. Colonel Hurst:
I beg leave to make the following report of a scout of which I had command, by order of Colonel Hatch:
On the second instant Colonel Hatch ordered me, with sixteen men, to take a despatch to General Dodge aLagrange, Tenn., August 9. Colonel Hurst:
I beg leave to make the following report of a scout of which I had command, by order of Colonel Hatch:
On the second instant Colonel Hatch ordered me, with sixteen men, to take a despatch to General Dodge at Corinth.
Leaving Colonel Hatch at Lexington, I started to Corinth, and on the morning of the third I met the First Alabama (Federal) cavalry on the waters of White Oak Creek, when the Major commanding requested me to let him send the message to General Dodge, and that I would go with him as a guide; to which I assented, being w t, and fifteen men. We had the fight on the north fork of White Oak Creek, about eight miles southeast of Jack's Creek.
I then concluded to make my way back to Lagrange, which I did, arriving in camp on the seventh with my seventeen prisoners, neither myself nor any of my little squad having received a scratch.
I respectfully