-DEALING WITH COWARDS--RESULTS OF THE VICTORY.

The enemy under Bragg lay between us and stone River in order of

battle, his general line conforming to the course of that stream. In

my immediate front he appeared to be established in strong force in a

dense cedar wood, just beyond an open valley, which varied from two

hundred to four hundred yards in width, the cedars extending the

entire length of the valley. From the events of the day and evening

of the 3oth, it was apparent that the two armies were in close

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