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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)
eight's raid Forrest's New command at Jackson battles of Okolona and Yazoo West Tennessee again Fort Donelson, Fort Pillote of Mississippi, was ordered to move on Pontotoc and Okolona, Miss., thence down the Mobile & Ohio railroad, destroying it sixty miles. We had the best of them at all points except Okolona, where our loss was very severe, including a battery of smwitzers. The Confederates, he stated, pitched into us (at Okolona) and gave us a pretty rough handling, inflicting upon us a and never gave them rest until the Federal forces reached Okolona, where Forrest charged the enemy with Bell's brigade undermith confessed to a rough handling. Five miles out from Okolona, General Smith reformed and awaited the Confederate attace way. After the Federal forces reached the hills between Okolona and Pontotoc, the Second Tennessee, Colonel Barteau, and tGeneral Forrest abandoned the pursuit. In the combat at Okolona, Col. Jeff. E. Forrest, commanding brigade, fell in the ga