O.R. Series 1, Vol. 3. Page 243.
"About 2 oclock p. m., when about 9 miles from this point, they were attacked by a body of about 100 Mississippi Mounted Rifles or cavalry, armed with Maynard carbines, and after a sharp contest Lieutenant Tufts withdrew his party in good order." Col. W. H. L. Wallace, Eleventh Illinois Infantry.
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David Upton