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Nashville Daily Union
July 24, 1862
p. 2, c. 3
On Tuesday night, Col. Haggard's Fifth Kentucky Cavalry, who had been in pursuit of the Guerrillas for several days, came within one mile of Forrest's banditti, on the Murfreesboro' road, thirteen miles from this city, when the whole gang of rebel horse-thieves, chicken-stealers, house-breakers and assassins, cut and ran like quarter horses. The last seen of them Forrest was leaning over his horse's neck, whipping for dear life, while his men were dropping pistols, shot-guns, canteens, corn-dodgers, green apples and stolen chickens along the road. When last seen they were within ten miles of devildom, and still running.
Article transcribed by Vicki Betts.