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Here a little action.. NYTimes...October 21, 1863 - Action at Cherokee Station, AL, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
On the 21st the advance of the Union forces eastward from Corinth met with resistance near Cherokee Station, eighty-nine miles from Tuscumbia.
Gen. OSTERHAUS was in the advance and had not moved far when he encountered two brigades of rebel cavalry, under Gens. LEE and FORREST, estimated at 4,000 to 6,000 men.
The fight lasted an hour when the rebels were driven back with severe loss.
Our loss was seven killed and thirty-seven wounded, most of which was caused by mistaking LEE's cavalry, who were dressed in blue overcoats, for our own forces.
The rebels are said to have very strong fortifications this side of Tuscumbia, on the railroad.
Rebel prisoners report that the enemy expect to make a stout resistance there. They say they had 4,000 men there on Thursday, and received reinforcements of 1,000 cavalry on Wednesday, and that 2,000 more were expected from Gen. BRAGG's forces.