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Fourth Cavalry III
determined to pursue by another road which I had also learned of after leaving Colonel H., which led into Irwinsville by a circuitous route, believing that if they were hard pressed at any time they would pass from road to road to baffle the efforts of their pursuers, and as they were reported as doing before crossing the river. Accordingly I ordered a detail of 128 men and 7 officers (besides myself), of the best mounted men in the command, leaving the rest of the regiment under command of Captain Hathaway, directing him to picket the river, scout the country etc., in accordance with former orders. At i o'clock I put the column in motion, moving down the river road a distance of 12 miles to a point known as Wilcox's Mills.
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