. History of Fourteenth Illinois cavalry and the brigades to which it belonged. eir knownloss about 100. In part 2d, page 318 are instructions forGraham to keep his forces well in hand, and guard care-fully all the fords on the river. Detachments of the 14thand 5th were kept busy driving out raiding parties andscouting the river borders; while the remainder of thebrigade was kept at Glasgow for its defense, and readyfor any movement that might be needed. Through theremainder of May and June there was a great amount ofsickness in Camp Boyle, which depleted our brigade bydeaths and disabilities.
. History of Fourteenth Illinois cavalry and the brigades to which it belonged. eir knownloss about 100. In part 2d, page 318 are instructions forGraham to keep his forces well in hand, and guard care-fully all the fords on the river. Detachments of the 14thand 5th were kept busy driving out raiding parties andscouting the river borders; while the remainder of thebrigade was kept at Glasgow for its defense, and readyfor any movement that might be needed. Through theremainder of May and June there was a great amount ofsickness in Camp Boyle, which depleted our brigade bydeaths and disabilities. May 15th the reported effectivestrength was 800; the 107th was 700, and the 5th 1,000,but soon after the strength of each was greatly for us, our recent success on and near theCumberland river, had tended to quiet the rebels in thatregion, or at the least, it rendered them more timid; whilestanding orders to Generals Burnside and Rosecrans atthe first opportunity to move simultaneously into upperand lower East Tennessee, kept Braggs cavalry constantly. GENERAL HORACE CAPRON. FOURTEENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY. 20, on the alert to guard against that movement, so that dur-ing this period of weakness the rebel raids were less in num-ber and in strength. Colonel Sanders raid into easternTennessee with 1,500 cavalry begun June 14th and return-ing June 24th in which he boldly marched through upperEast Tennessee, destroying much military property, rail-road and bridges, and strongly threatened Knoxville,caused the enemy to believe that the day of judgment wasat hand; and was doubtless the origin of the bold counter-movement made soon after by General John H. the cavalry at Glasgow able for duty were outalmost daily after raiding parties of the enemy, who sup-posed that the withdrawal of a strong force of cavalryunder Colonel Sanders gave them increased opportunitiesfor plunder. The following is from a letter to friends athome, written by one of the au
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