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Title: Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Ridley, Bromfield Lewis
Subjects: Confederate States of America -- History, Military United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: Mexico, Mo. : Missouri Printing & Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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rks on hisrifle in avenging the murder of his two sons. Hepiloted General Forrest on his noted Johnsonville Raid. Cypress creek swamp to the river bank in front of Johnsonville, whichplace, with fourteen gunboats, transports and barges, we completelydestroyed. It was on this trip I learned from the old man himself thegreat grievance, and his tireless quest for vengeance. Said the oldman. They murdered my boys, and may yet kill me, but the markson the barrel of my gun will show that I am a long ways ahead in thegame now and am not done yet, Hinsons clear gray eyes, compressed 598 BATTLES AND SKETCHES ARMY OF TENNESSEE. lips, and massive jaws, clearly indicated, that under no circumstanceswas he a man to be trifled with or aroused, and under the great be-reavement inflicted upon him by the wanton slaughter of his sons,he kept his oath, until the close of the war. It was useless to talkto him about the Rules of war. Blood for blood was his motto; aneye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
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CAPTAIN ALEXANDER DUVAL MCNAIRY, of Nashville, Tennessee, who commanded a company ofindependent scouts, between the Cumberland and Ten-nessee rivers, 1862—1865, and was the terror of theFederal armies. His dashes were vigorous and hisexecution phenominal. i

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