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U. S. Civil War
NINTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
Union force prevented them from carrying their plan into effect
On the morning of the 8th Colonel Scribner's command took position before Chattanooga and opened fire upon their works with his artillery, while the infantry advanced within six hundred yards of their sharpshooters, driving them from shelter.
Having again silenced the enemy's guns and driven him from his position and out of Chattanooga, and not having force enough to cross the river in face of a heavy fire, or to hold the place if successful, he withdrew from the attack and divided his troops Scribner's command marched for the Sequatchie Valley, General Turchin s brigade being stationed at Battle Creek,
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