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Fourth Cavalry III
During the night the Locust was crossed in the same manner. On the 31st the command crossed Shade's creek and the Cahawba river, passing the battery over the railroad bridge after it had been laid with ties, losing five or six mules and horses by their tumbling over the narrow bridge and falling nearly a hundred feet, killing them instantly. The brigade to which the regiment was attached being in the rear of its division, the 2d, the 4th division having the advance became engaged with Forrest's command, and had a sharp fight on the 1st of April near Mulberry creek, capturing three pieces of artillery. On the same day the regiment, with its brigade, crossed the Big Mulberry and about midnight encamped at Plantersville. On the 2d, the brigade being in the advance, started at 4 o'clock A. M. on the direct road to Selma, distant about 20 miles, reaching the fortifications in front of that place at 2 P. M. on the same day.
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