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Early in the morning of August 16, 1862, two thousand Confederates surprised and defeated a detachment of federal cavalry under the command of Maj. Emory S. Foster. Foster, seriously wounded, finally surrendered in the afternoon after 43 men were killed and 75 were reported missing. The Confederate loss under Coffee, Hays, and Thompson's commands was 118 men.
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