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of the Federal general, the cavalry had been withdrawn from his left, and he was forced to occupy the abandoned line with his escort company of 100 men of the Nineteenth Pennsylvania cavalry, under the gallant Lieutenant-Colonel Hess, until the arrival of the infantry. Upon the arrival of the infantry, General Grierson requested authority to withdraw his entire division of cavalry, upon the plea that it was exhausted and well-nigh out of ammunition. Grierson's force was 3,500 strong. In Waring's brigade his loss was 22 killed and 51 wounded; in Winslow's brigade, 12 men killed and 52 wounded. A battle was lost and the field abandoned in panic and wild disorder, with a loss almost too insignificant to be reported Winslow sustained other serious losses—189 carbines, 68 pistols, 121 sabers, 68,450 rounds of ammunition, 2 field guns and caissons, and 228 horses, abandoned in a mere panic close of kin to cowardice. Forrest had now fought a distinct battle with the Federal cavalry an