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11th Cavalry
We moved farther to the north, crossed into Buchanan and Tazewell counties, thence to the salt works near Abing-don at a place named Saltville. We met small forces of the enemy for nearly the whole route after leaving Piketon, skirmishing and driving them at every point. On the 30th of September the llth Michigan took the advance, and about one hundred were dismounted and sent forward to sustain the advance guard, which had become hotly engaged. The rebs had a strong position, with the river between them and our forces, but a charge over a mountain to the left flanked them, and drove them in confusion. Sergeant Charles Johnson, Company M, was killed, and two men wounded.
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