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11th Cavalry


Having experienced a long and hazardous march through a rocky, barren country, and being in the advance, skirmished daily with the enemy, who contested every foot of the ground with much vigor and persistence, the command of General Burbridge, on the morning of the 2d, came upon the enemy's works at Saltville defended by the troops of Breckinridge, Echols, and Williams, numbering about 22,000, including 7,000 militia. The whole of Burbridge's command, numbering less than 4,000 effective men, were ordered to move on the enemy's works, a different point of attack being assigned to each brigade. The nature of the ground and the fact that the enemy greatly outnumbered the union troops, and being behind strong embankments defended with twenty pieces of artillery, rendered the undertaking a very hazardous and desperate one.

Civil War

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