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10th Regiment Cavalry
When first discerned the enemy was in camp, wholly ignorant of our approach. With fresh horses and a force anywhere nearly matching the enemy, it would not have been difficult to make a sudden attack with the chances of success largely in our favor. But with horses worn by an almost continuous march of nearly twenty-four hours, it seemed extremely hazardous to attack a force so largely outnumbering ours, and that force fresh and rested with a comfortable night in camp. Then, again, should we succeed in driving the enemy it would be directly towards Salisbury where he might augment the forces with which Stoneman was expected to be soon engaged.
American Civil War
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