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Raiders Cut Rail Lines and Destroy Stores in Georgia Raid
A Civil War letter describes McCook's cavalry raid near Atlanta from Aug 27 to 30, detailing destruction of railway ties, wagons and government stores, heavy losses, and 14 men lost including officers and several prisoners. The writer notes promotions, hardships, and hopes for peace amid ongoing campaigns.
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4Th Cavalry
Vinive Station
Eprrom C Muercrat
McCook
Atlanta
Palmetto Station
Montgomery and
West Point
Cata
Fayetteville
Lever
Stevens
White River
Atlanta and
Macon
Austin
Chattahoochie
Colonel Brownlow
Marietta
Samson
John Taggart
H. C. Garrison
H. C. Carpenter
G. W. French
Stanley A. Hall
John W
Eprron Commerciat
Christian Seidel
James Wahee
Zerah Tenney
Thomas J. Bailey
John Fitzpatrick
Knoxville
Tennessee
Fred Tharke
Rudolph Fisher
Thomas Carmichael
Chattanooga
Jimbo
Jacob Bailey
William Carbaugh
Nashville
Stage
Slater
Milton Graham
Cotoneley
Louis Beinkamp
Lee
Robert Dickey
Christopher Ryner
Henry Uffican
C. K. Emine