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10th Regiment Cavalry
thus putting a great obstacle in the way of the movement supposed to be contemplated by General Lee. The expedition, consisting of three brigades of cavalry, under the command of General Stoneman, was concentrated at Mossy Creek, March 22d. On the 25th of March, ten miles west of Jonesboro, everything that could retard a rapid march was left behind, one ambulance, one wagon, and four guns, with their caissons, being the only vehicles accompanying the expedition. The object of this expedition was kept a profound secret, and much speculation was indulged in as to the direction we were to take. By the movement of one brigade to Carter's Station the idea was conveyed to the enemy that we were going directly into Virginia.
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