of the house were visible, two on the ground floor and

Murfreesboro' the resistance of the enemy's pickets grew serious, and

a little further on so strong that I had to put in two regiments to

push them back. I succeeded in driving them about half a mile, when

I was directed by McCook to form line of battle and place my

artillery in position so that I could act in concert with Davis's

division, which he wished to post on my right in the general line he

desired to take up. In obedience to these directions I deployed on

the right of, and oblique to the Wilkinson pike, with a front of four