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DECEMBER 29, 1863.-Action at Mossy Creek, Tennessee
REPORTS.*
Numbers 1.-Major General John G. Foster, U. S. Army, commanding Department of the Ohio.
Numbers 2.-Brigadier General Samuel D. Sturgis, U. S. Army, commanding Cavalry Corps, Department of the Ohio, with complimentary orders.
Numbers 3.-Brigadier General Washington L. Elliott, U. S. Army, commanding Cavalry Corps, Department of the Cumberland.
Numbers 4.-Colonel Edward M. McCook, Second Indiana Cavalry, commanding First Cavalry Division.
Numbers 5.-Colonel Archibald P. Campbell, Second Michigan Cavalry, commanding First Brigade.
Numbers 6.-Colonel Thomas J. Jordan, Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Numbers 7.-Colonel Oscar H. La Grange, First Wisconsin Cavalry, commanding Second Brigade.
Numbers 8.-Colonel William J. Palmer, Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Numbers 9.-Captain Eli Lilly< Eighteenth Indiana Battery.
Numbers 10.-Colonel Samuel R. Mott, One hundred and eighteenth Ohio Infantry, commanding First Brigade, Second Division, Twenty-third Corps.
Numbers 11.-Lieutenant Colonel Thomas L. Young, One hundred and eighteenth Ohio Infantry.
Numbers 1.Report of Major General John G. Foster, U. S. Army, commanding Department of the Ohio.
KNOXVILLE, December 29, 1863.
At 11 a. m. to-day the whole of the enemy's cavalry, supported by a division of infantry and two batteries of artillery, attacked General Sturgis near Mossy Creek. The fight was severe and general, and lasted until 5 p. m. Sturgis held his ground, and ended by driving the enemy entirely off the field, achieving a complete victory.
J. G. FOSTER,
Major-general.
Major-General GRANT.
Numbers 2.Reports of Brigadier General Samuel D. Sturgis, U. S. Army, commanding Cavalry Corps, Department of the Ohio, with complimentary
STRAWBERRY PLAINS, December 29, 1863.
Brigadier General E. E. POTTER:
The following dispatches have been received from General Sturgis:
HEADQUARTERS,
Mossy Creek,[December] 29, 1863-3.15 p. m.The enemy advanced this morning, about 11 o'clock, with the mass of his cavalry
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*See also Martin's report, p. 547.
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