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fight with the enemy, in which he said that the Sixteenth Georgia, under Maj. E. Y. Clark, being ordered to pursue and overhaul the flying enemy, performed that work in the most praiseworthy manner. Gen. William T. Martin, in his report of cavalry operations in east Tennessee, says that in a successful fight at Russellville the First and Sixth Georgia and Third Alabama cavalry were conspicuous for gallantry, and that Col. C. C. Crews deserves mention for his skill and bravery. On the 24th of December a spirited cavalry battle occurred between Dandridge and New Market. Speaking of the Georgia troops, General Martin says: In the meantime four regiments of Crews' brigade in all 600) moved in the rear of the enemy. Two of the regiments in advance made a spirited charge on the enemy and captured his battery of artillery. Support being too far off, the brave men who made the charge were driven from the guns, and Major Bate, commanding the Sixth Georgia, was left dead in the midst o