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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the war in the South-West. (search)
d been detached from the Army of the Mississippi during the autumn, had likewise been returned to French, and by the end of January swelled the effective force of his division to five thousand men. In the city of Jackson, General S. D. Lee, who was commanding the cavalry, had established Jackson's division, four thousand strong and comprising Ross', Stark's, and Wirt Adams' brigades; a fourth brigade of cavalry, under Ferguson, was to join him shortly. Farther north, Forrest had collected at Como and Oxford the numerous recruits which he had brought from Western Tennessee. Appointed major-general after his late success and invested with a sort of independent command, he was rapidly organizing his force, which, divided into four brigades, numbered nearly six thousand men. Everywhere the Confederates were recruiting by fair means or foul—everywhere they were gathering horses, mules, and provisions. The Federals established at Memphis had not only to defend the Mississippi against the