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THE ARMY OF TiiE OlilO.TWO CONFEDFRATF CAVALRY RAIDS AND WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED.Clukc at Mrnint Sterling. KditwkT-flow Fnrsuit bjr Col. B*n. Rankle— Humphrey Mnmhail hoses His AttiHcry~ PrirnuaN Raid North of tho Ounherland.t.jl nt Fiffltfln?.The Ketrcat.■:ato by Gene cal Bad! «ad the transfer of I ^ infatitiy Were recruited during the sur he Union and cm.;-.: rat, arni.es to a new ^ o(. nd muslered into service l\The withdrawal of the Army of the Cumberland from K. Mucky, in Octoli r, l^RJ. left that territory to the rare of Major-General 11. G. YTright, in whose lt;]lt;•; lrtrarnt it was embraced by ispecial Order No. 11- from theAYar Department con tit Mini: the Department of the Ohio, enihraeinj' the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, llliiiofc, Wisconsin,and Kentucky ea^t of the Teuw^ee Kiver,embraein:: Cntn1rl ?ud Gap and the iron], operating in its vioiMty.The events succeeding the expulsion of Generals Bragg and Kixhv Smith from the 8t thearena south of the Cumberland rendered the ocenpation of the State by the troops of General Wright nn object of prime ira-lortancc. Shat off from the south by a range of mountains extending along its eastern border, impassable except at a few traps or depressions, the country on both sides of the mountains for a distance of fifty miles is broken by foot-hills, for the most part barren lt;r :xorlv cnltivat ■. d. The broadi » •'pastures and highly cultivated farms of Central Kentucky lingered in the memories of the hanihtd ooa;'t derates like t he visi »n of an oasis in the imagination of travelers in the desertTItr FAIT. FIELDS OF TITS Bid*E-GRASS counties, covering an area of one hundred miles alnrac Lexington, abounding iu fine horses, strong mules, and fat Durham ratt le, was the stake for which the confederates had played and h i. and it i.? not surprising that when driven hack upon a country that V:id been for two sueci - - ve seasons overrun iiy hostile armies they should have looked back with longing up lt;n the flesh pots they had Wen forced to abandon. The army of Kentucky, organizedl»y General Wiightand placed under cuuiuand of Major-General Gordon Granger, consisted of three divisions, command,d by IJrigiulk r-lft ncral G. Biit-bridge, iiiigad •T-t*c:i;ral G. C. t-noth, and Brigad:*T-Gcneral A. Baird. Its cfiYctivc strength in October was li.IniO infantry.vrelt; rniiin.: had pone steadily on. The ■.ii cavalry, Colonel R II. Bristow. 1,235 ~ . I . «•.): tire Ninth cavalry,Colonel I:, i. J ici.b. 1 .v tlu;Tenth cavalry.Colonel i T, \: 1.i7G: the eleventh cavalry, t ,ul ‘ TV. i!' in. l.itOl; the Twelfth r :- (\ iiuks. 1; the Thir-!•• •:. « aval rv, Color. 1 ,1. VY. Weatherford,1.1; the I'ourtecritli cavalry, Colonel IF. C. Seiby. 1 the Fifteenth cavalry. Colonel Gal 11 Ne:;» r. 5t‘5. total, .'vUK, were organ-i/.t d in the l;:i: of I-••2. The first Kents eky cavalry, under its veteran commander, Col 1 1 k a.k Woolford, was also on duty n Kentucky. Of the infantry regiments, t:** 1. Sivond. Third. Fourth. Fifth.Sivfli.1 a-.hth. Ninth. Tenth. Kieventh. Fifteenth,• • vent.. nth. Twenty-:1.rst,Twenty-third.andTv.i v- i.:b. were in the Army of theCnm-'••l.-d. The eventb. Nineteenth, and fv.ii. . - ad were with Grant, at Vicksburg, and the Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fffur-•o i-.. - • ■ i li, I! ghtcenth, Twentieth,i. Tv ity-seventh, Twenty-v ? » 1 **; . :T Tli tiv-sccond, Thirty-third* Thirl y-ii! It, rml Thirly-iiin*ii wore on duty in •vc!. lu'ky. Tin Thirty-liftIt,Thirty-seventh, Fortieth, Forty-fifth, Forty-Seventh, Forty-cughth, Forty-ninth,and Fifty-second mount-sum-forone year in Aizgnst and September. The or ;, illation of these regiments at various ;vii -s throughout the State, by experienced (: *. v t‘. r I,- - red it sale to entrust the pro-tec* Ion o! the rear largely to them, while Cieneral i* i inside pushed on into East Tennessee. Their service in many cases began •ng before their organizations were com-pleted, andMANY A m: A YE MAX FF.T.L IX ACTION without having been must* red into the service of tin* I iiit* d Slates. The front of the armies of the Cumberland and the Ohio, fa. ing southeastv ard, extended from Louisa, K;«.. o;i the !•!g Sandy Kircr, on the border of We-t Virginia, sou tli vest to Franklin, Ten a. This line, as the crow flies, is 300 mil -s in extent. broken by mountains and rivers, :md was menaced at all practicable joints by a large force of cavalry under* am! nt: orders to brsak through the Union lines at d inflict a! the injury posed hie, not ] only upon the United States troops and property, but upon the inhabitant** of Ken- ( tacky sod the region in rear of the Union Hies. t'*e of the most daring of these r M'!-* w:-.s n^do by Colonel Cluke, who, in cn?«? 2 Mi l of deL'chments from several of; was81 at into Ken-tiu’cy lt;u the 1th of Fchruury. I!is force, well mounL‘il ::i *i Cfj. ippcd. was ISO strong, v !; two mountain howitzers. «hie hundred2.1(M cavalry, ami 310 arliiic.y.roui ds of ammunition and six days' rationsguns. 1 ndependent ol‘ thiscoiarnand. v Inch was stationed at Williamstown an ! Fal-moutln Brigtulier-Gcnt ml J. T. Hoyle held tlie district of l^iuisviKe, coBsutmg ofI r r man were issued on the morning that thecumin md I f camp iu iVnej?-?ee, and struckKni.T:t\vA«:n i\ro Tin: MorxTAixs.T!ir- CumHt r!-i 1 river was cached on the h.an ! on tie lthh the command arrived
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