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Line 33: [[File:Streight's Raid route.png\|right\|thumb\|175px\|Route of [[Streight's Raid]] in 1863]] ~~Steight~~Streight led this force to [[Nashville, Tennessee\|Nashville]], departed [[Tuscumbia, Alabama]], on April 26, 1863, and then to Eastport, Mississippi. From there he decided to push to the southeast, initially screened by another Union force commanded by Brig. Gen. [[Grenville Dodge]]. On April 30, Streight's brigade arrived at Sand Mountain, where he was intercepted by a Confederate cavalry force under [[Brigadier General (CSA)\|Brig. Gen.]] [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]] and harassed for several days. Streight's force won the [[Battle of Day's Gap]] but the battle set off a series of skirmishes that eventually led the Union forces being surrounded and captured.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/al001.htm Day's Gap]</ref> Streight himself was captured and taken to [[Libby Prison]] as a [[prisoner of war]]. Lovina McCarthy Streight and the couple's five-year-old son accompanied the 51st into the South with Lovina acting as a nurse for the regiment. The soldiers dubbed her "The Mother of the 51st" for her contributions. Lovina was captured three times by Confederate soldiers. Twice she was exchanged in return for prisoners of war. The third time she escaped using a gun she had hidden under her skirts.s<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/history/retroindy/2015/03/23/hoosier-women-aidedcivil-war-soldiers/70321670/\|title=Hoosier Women aided Civil War soldiers\|last=Mitchell\|first=Dawn\|date=March 23, 2015\|website=IndyStar\|access-date=October 21, 2017}}</ref>

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