Stop 07 - The Rebels are Coming
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As Morgan approached this hill from the valley between the two hills to the northwest, he sent a small force disguised as Union soldiers to capture the pickets stationed north and west of the Union’s Infantry camp. The reserve pickets observed this and fired the first alarm to the Union camp, as Morgan approached with his main task force and artillery from the northwest. Morgan dispatched Col. Cluke’s and Col. Chenault’s Cavalry units toward the camp while he accompanied Colonel Hunt and Cobb’s Battery southward to occupy a position to observe the Union camp and make adjustments to their artillery firing on the Union troops.
(Follow this drive to the end and turn left.)
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