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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
on the south like two bastions to the right and left of the London road, constituted the main features of these positions, which were separated from each other by deep ravines. After one month of inactivity, Zollicoffer made an attempt to surprise the Federal camp, where no one ever expected to see him again. Garrard's force, consisting of the skeletons of three regiments, only numbered six hundred effective men, three hundred of them being in the hospital. Starting on the 12th or 13th of October with seven regiments and one battery, about three thousand men in all, Zollicoffer only arrived in front of the Federal positions on the 21st. Through his want of activity he lost the opportunity of taking Garrard unawares. The latter, having resolved to defend himself, even without reinforcements, was waiting with his small band for the arrival of a few regiments stationed in the blue-grass region, whom he had apprised of the approach of the enemy. If Zollicoffer had attacked him on