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More than twenty-five years have passed since I began to collect the materials from which this pamphlet has been evolved. As a substantial basis, to begin with, I was an eye-witness of all the fighting in the vicinity of Spring Hill, that amounted to anything, from the time Forrest attacked the 64th Ohio on the skirmish line until Cleburne's Division recoiled from the fire of the battery posted at the village. Since I began collecting I have neglected no opportunity to increase my stock of information by conversation, reading or correspondence. I have twice revisited the battlefield. I have the Government volume containing the official reports,. | The Battle of Spring Hill Tennessee by 1 The Battle of Spring Hill Tennessee by John K. Shellenberger This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Battle of Spring Hill Tennessee read after the stated meeting held February 2d 1907 Author John K. Shellenberger Release Date March 3 2008 EBook 24740 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BATTLE OF SPRING HILL TENNESSEE Produced by Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive American Libraries. Military Order OF THE Loyal Legion of the United States COMMANDERY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI The Battle of Spring Hill Tennessee. The Battle of Spring Hill Tennessee by 2 PREPARED BY Companion Captain John K. Shellenberger READ AFTER THE STATED MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 2d 1907 PREFACE. More than twenty-five years have passed since I began to collect the materials from which this pamphlet has been evolved. As a substantial basis to begin with I was an eye-witness of all the fighting in the vicinity of Spring Hill that amounted to anything from the time Forrest attacked the 64th Ohio on the skirmish line until Cleburne s Division recoiled from the fire of the battery posted at the village. Since I began collecting I have neglected no opportunity to increase my stock of information by conversation reading or correspondence. I have twice revisited the battlefield. I have the Government volume containing the official reports all of which I have carefully studied. Among my correspondents on the Union side have been Generals Stanley Wilson Opdycke Lane and Bradley besides many others of lesser rank. I am as confident from their letters that my paper would have the .