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15 Series I Volume XVII-I Serial 24 - Corinth Part I

Page 15 WEST TENN, AND NORTHERN MISS. Chapter XXIX.

The scene of action then turned to the ground in the vicinity of the point of intersection of the Macon and Nashville and Memphis roads. The rebels occupied the woods immediately north of the said point, and also the ground on the south side of the Memphis and Nashville road and east of the Macon road. Lieutenant-Colonel Rice was placed in command of the troops on the left wing, occupying the south of the Macon road, and advancing, drove the enemy entirely from the rear of the train, while with a portion of the right wing deployed as skirmishers and another portion to support them I scoured the woods on the north of the road, driving the rebel cavalry before us until they were


Page 15 WEST TENN, AND NORTHERN MISS. Chapter XXIX.