Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Colonel Oglesby” in chapter 28 of Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States.:
... were then thrown out as skirmishers, to ascertain the position of the enemy.
It was but a few moments before we met him, and a general engagement ensued.
On the 3d of November Grant had sent Colonel Oglesby with four regiments (3,000 men) from Commerce, Missouri, toward Indian Ford, on the St. Francis River, by way of Sikestown.
On the 6th he sent him another regiment, from Cairo, with orders to turn...
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