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Fourth Cavalry
The casualties were 4 wounded, 2 severely and 1 dangerously. Three horses were wounded, Colonel Minty's being wounded at three different times. From the 18th to 21st the brigade was moving over the Bledcoe mountains and Waldren's ridge, the ascent being extremely steep and difficult, arriving at Smith's cross-roads, in the Tennessee valley, at noon on the 21st. Hera ' found a picket force at the foot of the mountain, who soon put spurs to their horses and disappeared. During the balance of the month the brigade was on scouting and picket duty, from Smith's cross-roads, guarding the fords on the Tennessee from Washington to within twenty miles of Chattanooga, and had marched 380 miles in the month. The following incidents are taken from an official report:
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