under General Gholson, while between him and West Point was an Alabama regiment with several pieces of artillery. Hatch made a most gallant fight driving the enemy some three miles, capturing many arms and horses and releasing a company which had been cut off on the first attack. Hatch then moved on northward in face of an enemy which greatly outnumbered him, arriving safely at La Grange. He had attacked Okolona driving before him the enemy’s cavalry, burning barracks for 5,000 men and destroying stores and ammunition; he had repulsed Chalmers with loss near Birmingham and Molino; had marched in by-ways and bridle paths and through fields; had, beside the damage inflicted on the enemy already noted, captured twenty-five horses, and mules, fifty prisoners and killed and wounded more than one hundred men. Upon his return to La Grange Colonel Hatch took command of a brigade consisting of West Tennessee Cavalry and four pieces of artillery. He made frequent raids in different directions captured horses, mules and prisoners. He was attacked at Wall Hill by Chalmers whom he defeated. During the summer he made a raid on Panola capturing much property. He marched against Forrest, who had entered Tennessee and fought with him near Jackson, where the Union loss was fourteen and that of the Confederates was one hundred and seventy-five.
In the raid on Grenada Major Coon commanded detachments form the Second Iowa, Third Michigan and Eleventh Illinois, numbering five hundred mounted men. After reaching Grenada through great difficulties, he destroyed two depots, sixty locomotives, five hundred cars, machine shops, two flouring mills and a large number of army wagons. In November the regiment under Lieutenant-Colonel Hepburn marched to Collierville to the relief of the garrison threatened by Chalmers and coming upon the enemy had a lively engagement, defeating Chalmers, killing forty-one, wounding about two hundred and capturing fifty
