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before any of the mounted men had crossed the river. The enemy left one captain and four privates dead in the town, and ten severely wounded, while fifteen or twenty prisoners were captured." On the 15th, Captain Abeel, with a picket detail of 40 men, stationed on the Murfreesboro pike, was approached by a flag of truce, and while in negotiation with the officer accompanying it, was surprised and captured, with his entire" command. On the 20th it fought at Laurel Hill. On the 21st, Captain Mix, with 50 men moved out of camp, with orders to scout in the direction of Franklin,
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