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10th Regiment Cavalry
The other two battalions of the 10th, numbering not more than 300 men, proceeded to destroy the bridges over Abbott's creek, after accomplishing which they were to move directly on to Salisbury to cooperate with General Stoneman. After accomplishing the destruction of two bridges, this little command suddenly came upon Ferguson's brigade of rebel cavalry, numbering about 1,200 men. I never found a time entirely convenient and comfortable for meeting on the road a force outnumbering my own four or five to one, • but if there is any time more uncomfortable than another it is at the end of an all-night march, when men and horses are jaded and worn with fatigue, and weak for want of food and rest. The meeting was a mutual surprise.
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