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James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 12: (search)
Suspecting that the enemy would cross the Tennessee river, Col. D. C. Kelley's brigade, with a section of Hudson's battery under Lieutenant Walton, was moved to Eastport. On the 10th the enemy moved up the river with two gunboats and three transports loaded with troops. Kelley masked his forces until the enemy landed a brigade lored infantry, and Company G, Second Missouri light artillery, with a company of the Twelfth Missouri cavalry. In his official report he stated that on nearing Eastport the gunboat Key West went above the landing and seemed to be satisfied that there was no enemy near; at least, in a few moments Captain King motioned me to land shot was a successful one, and it is not surprising that the discomfited Hoge magnified his two pieces into nine rifled guns. Hoge's orders were to proceed from Eastport to Iuka, Miss., and destroy the railroad and bridges, but the evening of the 11th found him down the river with a demoralized command, 100 or more miles distant,