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apiece when Steedman arrived, and furnished them with a small supply, and this was consumed in the succeeding struggle.
Garfield and a company officer gave Thomas the first reliable information concerning the disaster to the center and right of the army.
They bore an order from Rosecrans for
Thomas to take command of all the forces, and with McCook and Crittenden to secure a strong position at Rossville, and assume a threatening attitude.
This was done by divisions in succession, Reynolds's leading, and the whole covered by Wood's division.
On the way Turchin's brigade charged upon a heavy body of Confederates, who were seeking to obstruct the movement.
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