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December 24th- Following several weeks of inquiry by General Rosecrans as to designating a force to occupy Clarksville, the 3rd Battalion, 8th Kentucky Cavalry along with others in the command of Colonel Sanders D. Bruce leave Russellville. While artillery is delayed by want of a crossing on account of local bridge burners, a majority of the force including the cavalry enter the city late on Christmas Day. | December 24th- Following several weeks of inquiry by General Rosecrans as to designating a force to occupy Clarksville, the 3rd Battalion, 8th Kentucky Cavalry along with others in the command of Colonel Sanders D. Bruce leave Russellville. While artillery is delayed by want of a crossing on account of local bridge burners, a majority of the force including the cavalry enter the city late on Christmas Day.<ref>Courier Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, January 7, 1863; Letter: December 31st by pseudonym PEREGUINE to the editors of the Louisville Journal.</ref><ref>The Civil War Letters of Sarah Kennedy: Life Under Occupation in the Upper South; December 29, 1862, to "My Dear Husband"</ref><ref>The Diary of Nannie Haskins Williams: A Southern Woman’s Story of Rebellion and Reconstruction, 1863–1890; Pg. 14 | ||
"Well upon Christmas day Coln. Bruce with his "whiskey jug," all and several regiments took possession of this place and here they have been ever since. And here I am too still writing in my journal, and about those detestable blue coats, for whom I have such disgust."</ref> | |||
The Third Battalion would remain at Clarksville through the completion of its term of service, scouting the area and dispersing bushwhackers, guerillas and any who would threaten the union. As such it played no part in the pursuit of Morgan at Buffington Island later the following year. | The Third Battalion would remain at Clarksville through the completion of its term of service, scouting the area and dispersing bushwhackers, guerillas and any who would threaten the union. As such it played no part in the pursuit of Morgan at Buffington Island later the following year. | ||