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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 2 0 Browse Search
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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—eastern Tennessee. (search)
ntrance to Hoover's Gap. It will require two days for the Twentieth and the Twenty-first corps to execute these movements. However, Granger and the Federal cavalry, having remained on the watch up to the 26th in the evening, had received orders to resume the offensive. In front of them, at Guy's Gap, Wheeler was covering the evacuation of Shelbyville with Martin's division and a part of Wharton's. These divisions having a very small effective force, he had summoned Forrest, who was at Bigbyville, to the south of Columbia; but the Federals did not give him time to wait for this reinforcement. On the 27th, in the morning, after a sharp skirmish in front of Guy's Gap, Minty charges the Confederate cavalry, who have dismounted, and captures the passage-way. Wheeler is hotly pressed, and retreats across an open country: isolated, without infantry to support him, his position is critical. Finally, he rallies his men behind the abatis which forms the first line of defence a few miles