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of Cumberland Gap   Gen. E. Kirby Smith in East Tennessee   General Buell Threatens Chattanooga   Confederate Plans of Campaign........................................ 83

CHAPTER IX. Two Great Cavalry Leaders   John Hunt Morgan and Nathan B. Forrest   Morgan's First Raid through Kentucky   Capture of Murfreesboro by General Forrest-Capture of Gallatin, Tenn., by General Morgan   Destruction of Buell's Lines of Communication   Battle of Hartsville, Tenn..................................................... 91

CHAPTER X. Bragg's Kentucky Campaign   Its Conception Due to Gen. E. Kirby Smith   Transfer of Bragg's Army from Tupelo to Chattanooga   Organization of the Forces    General Smith's Bold Advance   Great Confederate Victory at Richmond   Occupation of Lexington and Frankfort    Enthusiastic Reception by the People..................... 114

CHAPTER XI. Bragg's Advance from Chattanooga   Buell Moves to Bowling Green   Chalmers' Defeat at Munford-ville   Its Surrender with 4,000 Men   Proclamation of Thanksgiving............................................ 127

CHAPTER XII. Bragg's Situation at Munfordville   Disappointments of the Army   Necessity for Co-operation with General Smith   Inauguration of Governor Hawes   Buell's Arrival in Louisville   Bragg's Fatal Misinterpretation of Buell's Movement   Movements Preceding Battle of Perry-ville..................................................... 132

CHAPTER XIII. Battle of Perryville   Topography of the Surrounding Country   Relative Position of Opposing Forces    Confederate Victory but Virtual Defeat   Bragg Falls Back to Harrodsburg   Beginning of Retreat from Kentucky    Gen. Humphrey Marshall................................. 140

CHAPTER XIV. The Retreat from Kentucky   Confederate Forces Pass through Cumberland Gap   Breckinridge with his Kentuckians Sent to Murfreesboro   Buell Superseded by Rosecrans   Condition of Kentucky after Evacuation   Increased Persecution of Southern People.................... 147

CHAPTER XV. Occupation of Middle Tennessee   Reorganization of Kentucky Troops   The Kentucky Brigade   Cavalry Organizations   Brilliant Operations of General Morgan    Battle of Murfreesboro   Bragg's Order of Battle   Some Details of the Bloody Engagement   Second Battle   Death of General Hanson   Breckinridge's Report................ 151

CHAPTER XVI. Bragg's Army in Winter Quarters   Death of Colonel Trabue   Breckinridge's Division Sent to Mississippi    Fall of Vicksburg   Operations in Mississippi and Alabama   Federal Advance in Tennessee   Morgan's Great Raid through Ohio........................................ 1Dg

CHAPTER XVII. Rosecrans Flanks Chattanooga and Bragg Evacuates   Buckner Joins Bragg   Movements of Opposing Armies   Battle of Chickamauga   Important Part Played by Kentucky Officers and Soldiers   Death of Gen. Ben Hardin Helm   Great Confederate Victory   Breckinridge, Buckner and Preston............... I74

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