come to visit consisted in a low, two-story building, joining

I began massing my troops on the right of the road, and by the time

this formation was nearly completed Davis advanced, but not meeting

with sufficient resistance to demand active assistance from me, he

with his own command carried the hills, capturing one piece of

artillery. This position of the Confederates was a strong one,

defending Knob's Gap, through which the Nolensville and Triune pike

passed. On the 27th Johnson's division, followed by mine, advanced

to Triune, and engaged in a severe skirmish near that place, but my