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Fourth Cavalry
so the party sat down among the bushes and partook of hard-tack. and------, and------, well, no matter what? perhaps commissary. The 4th was not engaged in any action worthy of note in July, but was in skirmishes at Hickory creek on the 4th, and on the 5th at Tullahoma. It was most of the month employed in scouting the country from Fairfield to Estelle Springs, thence to Deeherd Station, Tullahoma, Salem and Triune. From this point a large cavalry force, under General Stanley, proceeded to New Market and Huntsville, pressing mules, horses, and contrabands, thence back to Salem, when Minty's brigade moved to Manchester, and thence to McMinnville, the 4th Michigan having marched 210 miles during the month.
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