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11th Cavalry
We here joined the forces of General Burbridge, about 4,000 strong, composed of cavalry and mounted infantry, which he had gathered together from all parts of his department in a few days. The troops were under the immediate command of Colonel. S. B. Brown, of the llth Michigan Cavalry, General Burbridge and staff pushing forward in advance of the division, or in the rear, as his duties might call him.
"We arrived at Cumberland Gap on the 24th", when General Burbridge organized his forces into three brigades as follows:
" 1st Brigade—Consisting of all the cavalry of the division, Colonel S. B. Brown, llth Michigan Cavalry, commanding.
" 2d Brigade—Colonel Buckly, 54th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, commanding.
" 3d Brigade—I. F. Wade, 5th U. S. Colored Cavalry, commanding,
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