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4th Cavalry
Not so with Johnson and Walker at Reeds and Alexander's bridges. Without them there was no ' sweeping up the Chickamauga, and vigorously pressing the enemy's flank and rear;' and when the passage was effected, your persistent presence and line of: retreat made the rebels fear to 'turn to the left' and expose you to their flank and rear. It was not cavalry you were fighting, as Bragg's order proves. Forrest was on the rebel right, but the bulk of the rebel cavalry was watching at Catlett's Gap. On the whole, Colonel, while you have earned many laurels, at no time can I find you doing such valuable service to the Army of the Cumberland as on the 18th of September, 1863." The regiment, in command of Major Gray,
Michigan Cavalry
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