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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore) 10 8 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: May 26, 1862., [Electronic resource] 4 4 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. 3 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 3 1 Browse Search
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 2 2 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 2 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 2 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 2 2 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: July 28, 1864., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
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ne corps, which left this city on Wednesday morning, and within twenty-four hours was in possession of Shelbyville, over thirty miles distant. The rebels fled before them in confusion, forgetting, in their haste, to get away large quantities of arms, ammunition and other military stores. This place had been occupied by a division of Kirby Smith's army, about 4,000 strong, commanded by Claiborne, of Mississippi. Preston Smith and Hull held positions as Brigadier-Generals under Claiborne. Col. Nixon, whilom editor of the New Orleans Crescent, was the rebel provost marshal of the town. The rebel rule at that place is described as unusually gentle. It is reported from the direction of Bardstown that the rebels are falling back from that place, though Bragg's army is, or has been, camped there. The Democrat, of this city, has information that Bragg is massing his troops back of Bardstown, with a view of marching through Springfield and Danville to Camp Dick Robinson, where he purp