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Organizations
four squadrons at Glasgow, Major Hunt in command; two squadrons at Sturgeon, Major Clopper in command; two at Huntsville, Captain Karker in command. This disposition of the regiment (made by the colonel) was so admirably planned and arranged as to prove of incalculable service in ridding that section of the country from a band of guerrillas and marauders that were fast devastating and laying waste that beautiful country. Subject to the orders of the colonel, each detachment would start on a scout with the understanding to meet at a given point, thereby driving the confused bushwhacker to seek shelter for his already forfeited Ufa in some other portion of the State remote from the regiment Major C. B. Hunt's detachment participated in the battle of Silver Creek, and acquitted themselves nobly, obtaining favorable mention in the official report.
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