sful engagements, driving the enemy, three thousand strong, from
Bear Creek to Decatur, taking the towns of Tuscumbia and Florence,
with a loss not to exceed one hundred, including three officers.
Destroyed a million and a half bushels of corn, besides large
quantities of oats, rye, and fodder, and five hundred thousand pounds
of bacon. Captured one hundred and fifty prisoners, one thousand head
of horses and mules, and an equal number of cattle, hogs, and sheep;
also one hundred bales of cotton, besides keeping the whole command in
meat for three weeks. Destroyed the railroad from Tuscumbia to
Decatur; also some sixty flat-boats and ferries in the Tennessee
River, thereby preventing Van Dorn, in his move, from crossing to my
rear; also destroyed five tan-yards and six flouring-mills.

It has rendered desolate one of the best granaries of the South,
preventing them from raising another crop this year, and taking away
from them some fifteen hundred negroes.

We found large quantities of shelled corn, all ready for shipment,
also bacon, and gave it to the flames.

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,

G. M. DODGE,

_Brigadier-General U. S. A._

The following is Colonel A. D. Streight's report:

General Dodge informed me that there was no doubt but Forrest had
crossed the Tennessee River, and was in the vicinity of Town Creek;
hence, he agreed to advance as far as Courtland, on the Decatur road,
and, if possible, drive the enemy in that direction, but if they (the
enemy) turned toward Moulton, our cavalry, under General Dodge, was to
be sent in pursuit.

With this understanding, I marched from Tuscumbia at 11 p. m. on the
night of the 26th instant in the direction of Moulton, via
Russellville. It was raining very hard, and the mud and darkness of
the night made our progress very slow. One hundred and fifty of my men
had neither horses nor mules, and fully as many more had such as were
unable to carry more than the saddles; hence fully three hundred of
the men were on foot.

It was expected when I left General Dodge that the greater part of my
command would be able to reach Moulton, some forty miles distant, by
the next night, but, owing to the heavy rains and consequent bad
condition of the roads, it was impossible; consequently I dispatched a
messenger to Gener