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Second Regiment Cavalry
On the 14th of Jauuary the regiment marched to Dandridge, and on the 17th skirmished with the enemv who were advancing on Knoxville under General Longstreet. On the 19th the regiment fell back to Knoxville, and again crossing the Holston river it bivouacked on the 23d on Flat Creek, and on the 26th on Pigeon river. Marching at midnight on the 26th it participated in an attack the next day on a brigade of rebel cavalry, from whom it captured 3 pieces of artillery and 75 prisoners, the loss-of the regiment being 11 wounded and 2 missing.
In relation to this affair Lieutenant Boynton, 8th Michigan Cavalry, in a communication to the Port Huron Press, says:
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