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Bragg Invades Kentucky
South Carthage, Tennessee
· Sept. - Oct., 1862
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Moving northwest from Sparta, Bragg, with Major General Leonidas Polk’s Right Wing of the Army of Mississippi, composed of the divisions of Cheatham and Withers, passed through here. Forrest’s Cavalry Brigade, covering the left flank of the advance, operated west of Murfreesboro and Lebanon and as far north as Munfordville, Kentucky, which was surrendered to Bragg on September 14.
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