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Oliver Boardman correspondence and journals, 1861-1863

03_1863-05-07 Page 03

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a feint and most too soon he captured about 70 of them at Hernando the next day after leaving Camp then pushed on to Cold Water and attacked them and after frighting them a few hours and loosing four or five men fell back but Chalmers fell back as fast as he did. We could hear the cannonading very plain, though we were at least 25 miles distant We pushed on to the Tallehatchie Crossings then to Cold Water We got in the rear of a large force of them and drove them north but the country was large and the roads good and lots of them and we had no Cavalry with us and as they were mounted they could easily keep out of our way. We captured a few however every day. among the rest was a nephew of Gen Sterling Price. we also captured a rebel flag at Cold Water Station We tied it and carried it up side down under the stars and stripes. There was five Regts of us under command of Gen W S Smith left the Junction and there was only horses enough along for the field
 
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