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11th Cavalry
Everything went ' merry as a marriage bell' till we arrived at Mount Airy, where our advance met the rebel Witcher with his command, whom Colonel Brown, with his brigade, charged at the gallop for five miles, when he ran into Breckenridge's whole command, who had come out of his fortifications at Saltville and taken up a strong position on the west side of Slaty creek, three miles from Marion. Here Colonel Brown showed great coolness and bravery, and although opposed by full three times his number he held his position against the enemy for an hour and a half, when he was reinforced by the 3d brigade and our battery of four 10-pound rifled Rodman guns. The action now became general on both sides, and closed only when darkness shut the combatants out from each other. All was quiet during the night, except occasional shots from the advance picket lines, and arrangements being made for the morrow's work.
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