. Reminiscenes of the civil war; . ch is about three-fourths of a mile fromthe river. It was after dark and they could see nothing,but they could hear commands given. I am satisfied thatthe force is not large, and that it has no artillery; yettheir presence made ii: necessary to use all precautionsagainst a surprise or an attack, and that along my wholeline, for their making their appearance here was no evi-dence that they would not strike at some other pointshould they attack us, but rather the contrary. So Icame back here and have been engaged ever since insending off orders and dispatches.
. Reminiscenes of the civil war; . ch is about three-fourths of a mile fromthe river. It was after dark and they could see nothing,but they could hear commands given. I am satisfied thatthe force is not large, and that it has no artillery; yettheir presence made ii: necessary to use all precautionsagainst a surprise or an attack, and that along my wholeline, for their making their appearance here was no evi-dence that they would not strike at some other pointshould they attack us, but rather the contrary. So Icame back here and have been engaged ever since insending off orders and dispatches. I expect some gun-boats down today from Bridgeport, and when they gethere I shall feel easier. Claysville, Ala., Tues. Eve., Aug. 30, 1864.—Therebel force has certainly left our front. There are twogunboats here tonight, and they will be constantly alongour line hereafter. We have been in great peril, but Ithink the danger permanently passed. We shall haveno serious trouble here now for some time, if at all. OF THE CIVIL WAR 161. iintsville, Ala., Sat., Sept. 3, 1864.—Ihave been knocking about consider-ably since I wrote to you last. Wed-nesday I got an order to concentratemy end of the regiment, except onecompany, at Woodville. That eveningI started out with E and H, went fourmiles. The next morning took G andgot to Woodville at noon. Soon afterI and D arrived. I supposed we were on an expeditionafter Wheeler or some of these raiders who are playingsmash in our rear; but when I got there I found dis-patches from General Granger ordering me to come hereand take command of the railroad and all of the troopson it from here to Stevenson, together with all of thetroops at this place. I came down here last evening on the cars, and sentback a special train and brought down the men thismorning. I found Colonel Chapman here with A and is at Whitesburg and C at Claysville. F is on the roadhere. The Adjutant, Jerry, and a good many men withthe ague are at Claysville. General Gran
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