these dangerous excursions Card was always accompanied by one of his

brothers, the other remaining with me to be ready for duty if any

accident occurred to those who had gone out, or in case I wanted to

communicate with them. In this way we kept well posted, although the

intelligence these men brought was almost always secured at the risk

Early in the spring, before the Tullahoma campaign began, I thought

it would be practicable, by sending out a small secret expedition of

but three or four men, to break the Nashville and Chattanooga

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