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Civil War American
THIRTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
reaching Tantallan Station, at the foot of the Cumberland Mountains, when the command again bivouacked on the morning of September 2d. The march commenced across the mountains with six pieces of artillery over a road so bad that it had not been traveled by wagons in eight years. On arriving at Cowan, at the foot of the mountains, the 10th Wisconsin and artillery were out of sight. Colonel Shoemaker sent forward instructions for them to halt until he could close up with the 13th Michigan, and received back information that General Smith had left Dechard and given orders for them to march forward without delay, day and night, until they joined him, and that they should not wait for Colonel Shoemaker and balance of the command.
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