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11th Cavalry
On the morning of the 20th we resumed the march at an early hour, and arrived near Saltville about 10 o'clock A. M. and skirmished with the enemy all the afternoon, pushing our skirmish line close up under their forts and fortifications. At 4 o'clock P. M. Colonel Norman S. Andrews (of Michigan), chief of artillery on General Burbridge's staff, got the artillery in position and opened a vigorous fire upon the forts, each shot going to its mark with great precision, driving the rebels under cover.
" At dark the firing ceased on both sides, and at 2 o'clock A. M. of the 21st, General Bur-bridge ordered Colonel Brown to charge a large and powerful fort situated on a hill which commanded all the roads and paths leading into Saltville, which order was immediately obeyed and was successful in its execution,
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