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DECEMBER 24-28, 1863.- Operations near Mossy Creek and Dandridge, TennesseeSUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS.
Dec.24, 1863.-Skirmishes at Peck's House, near New Market and at Mossy Creek Station, Tennessee
Action at Hays' Ferry, near Dandridge, Tennessee
26, 1863.-Skirmish at Mossy Creek, Tennessee
27, 1863.-Skirmish at Talbott's Station, Tennessee
REPORTS.*
No. 1.-Major General John G. Foster. U. S. Army, commanding Department of the Ohio.
No. 2.-Brigadier Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis, U. S. Army, commanding Cavalry Corps, Department of the Ohio.
No. 3.-Brigadier General Washington L. Elliott, U. S. Army, commanding Cavalry Corps, Department of the Cumberland.
No. 4.-Colonel Edward M. McCook, Second Indiana Cavalry, commanding First Division.
No. 5.-Colonel Archibald P. Campbell, Second Michigan Cavalry, commanding First Brigade.
No. 6.-Colonel Oscar H. La Grange, First Wisconsin Cavalry, commanding Second Brigade.
No. 7.-Colonel Wiliam J. Palmer, Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry,of operations December 24.
No. 8.-Lieutenant Samuel E. Miller, Ninth Tennessee Cavalry,of action at Hays'Ferry.
No. 1.Reports of Major General John G. Foster, U. S. Army, commanding Department of the Ohio.
KNOXVILLE, December 25, 1863.
Yesterday the cavalry was mainly engaged with the enemy's cavalry beyond New Market. General Sturgis reports that on the Dandridge road Colonel Campbell's brigade met a superior force of the enemy, and had a severe fight. They at once charged on his rear and captured two guns, but he recaptured them by a counter charge. The enemy lost 80 killed and wounded. Colonel Campbell, Colonel Garrard's brigade,was also on the Dandridge and Morristown road,while Sturgis, with the main body, drove the enemy beyond Mossy Creek. Sixty-one prisoners have been brought in.
J. G. FOSTER,
Major-General.
Major-General GRANT.
KNOXVILLE, December 28, 1863.
General Sturgis, with his own and Elliott's cavalry,has been almost constantly engaged with the enemy's cavalry for the past few days. He has gallantly driven them from every position,and is now
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*See also Martin's report, p 547.
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