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brigade from the navy, proceeded up Broad River and debarked at
strike the railroad at Grahamsville. At Honey Hill, about three.html">three
strongly fortified position, which resulted, after severe
forty-six.html">six in killed, wounded, and missing. During the night.html">night
obtained a position covering the Charleston and Savannah
northward, which seemed to me to be leading to his certain
armies, I should not have changed the orders under which he
Hood's army attacked the garrison at Decatur, Alabama, but
succeeded, in the face of our cavalry, in effecting a lodgment
28th, Forrest reached the Tennessee, at Fort Heiman, and captured
batteries above and below Johnsonville, on the opposite side of
the 4th the enemy.html">enemy.html">enemy.html">enemy opened his batteries upon the place, and was
becoming disabled were set on fire, as also were the transports,
million and a half dollars' worth of store and property on the
enemy disappeared and crossed to the north side of the Tennessee
subsequently joined Hood. On the night of the 5th, General
Johnsonville, but finding the enemy gone, was ordered to
instruction to watch the movements of Hood and retard his
of General A. J. Smith's command from Missouri, and until
Thomas, retarding him as much as possible, fell back towards
gaining time for the arrival of reinforcements. The enemy
at Franklin, on the 30th, assaulted our works repeatedly during
repulsed. His loss in this battle was one thousand seven
three thousand eight hundred wounded. Among his losses were six
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