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11th Cavalry

Being thus organized, and having rested and refreshed ourselves from the fatigues of the march from Crab Orchard to Cumberland Gap, we resumed the march at an early hour on the morning of the 25th for Bean Station, situated in what is known as the Richland valley, on the road leading from Knoxville, Tenn., to Southwestern Virginia. We arrived at the ford of Clinch river about 9 o'clock A. M. of November 20th, where we found the river so swollen and the current so rapid from the recent heavy storms as to be impossible to ford it. Consequently we were obliged to build a raft to ferry the men and horse equipments across, driving the horses into the river and swimming them. Here Captain George, Company I, llth Michigan Cavalry, in command of a detachment of about 100 picked men from different squadrons of the regiment was sent across in advance of the balance of the troops to take possession of and hold a gap in the mountains which we would be obliged to pass through.

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