. . -ness for prompt response toany call. Haversacks werefilled with rations, armswere examined and put inorder, cartridge-boxes werereplenished, and everypreparation was made tostrike tents, mount and rideaway. il days passed,however, before thincame to a head. The campswere kept in a continualferment by the absurd andconflicting rumors thatwere flying about. To il-lustrate the confusion thatprevailed in the minds ofthose who were directingaffairs, the fact may bestated that five companiesof the Ninety first Ohio were rushed up from
. . -ness for prompt response toany call. Haversacks werefilled with rations, armswere examined and put inorder, cartridge-boxes werereplenished, and everypreparation was made tostrike tents, mount and rideaway. il days passed,however, before thincame to a head. The campswere kept in a continualferment by the absurd andconflicting rumors thatwere flying about. To il-lustrate the confusion thatprevailed in the minds ofthose who were directingaffairs, the fact may bestated that five companiesof the Ninety first Ohio were rushed up from Catlettsburg andwent whirling back the next day. This was probabl ned by the report of an impending attack by Preston, which pre a false alarm. On the 26th the Squadron was ordered to Louisa, where allthe troops from points up the river were being several days more were passed, waiting for matters to as-sume definite shape. Rumors and orders—made one moment andcountermanded the next—were mingled in inextricable COMPANY B, MLAUGBLI] 864 FAREWETJ. TO THE BTG v\NPV. [Jul; An order which was greeted with yells of delight was re-ceived on the 30th, It was for ti iron to report at Cincin-nati. Whither it would go from there the hoys knew did they care. The disgust which they felt when theymoved for the second time up the Big Sandy, after the Kanawhacampaign, had been immeasurably increased by their protractedI Eighteen months they had spent in that region, until everyroad and by-way, hill, vallt st and stream, was experienced an unspeakable sense of relief and satisfactionwhen they <mee more quitted that desolate and inhospitable re-gion, for the last time—as they hoped, and as it proved. On the 31st, with glad hearts and nimble hands, the boys ofthe Squadron struck tents, packed their belongings, saddled theirhorses and rode out of Louisa, nor cast a lingering look be-hind; they were only too glad to get away. Catlettsbur
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