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Fourth Cavalry
Learning that the enemy was in force at that point, under Generals Buckner and Hardee, General Stanley withdrew three miles and halted on a cross road towards Franklin, the horses remaining saddled during the night. Before daylight moved on, arriving at Franklin about 7 A. M. Found the enemy 1,300 strong, well posted under cover of houses along the banks of the river. Colonel Minty advanced with the regiment at a gallop to a shallow ford, the bridge having been destroyed, where, with the revolving rifles, he succeeded in forcing a passage across, capturing the rebel pickets and dislodging the enemy.
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