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10th Regiment Cavalry
The disaster to Gillem's command occurred on the night of November 13th, 1864. On the next day some of the scattered fragments of his command arrived at Strawberry Plains and went into bivouac in rear of our entrenched camp, a place nearly as sate, we thought, as behind the fortifications at Knoxville. Had they gone to work to reorganize and dispel from their minds the demoralizing events of the previous night, they might have made themselves of great service behind our entrenchments. But that was not to be. About midnight some one reported that the enemy was crossing the river at McKinney's Ford to get upon our rear.
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