. Four years with Morgan and Forrest . n a flagof iruce, saw the captain and induced him to surrenderwithout any bloodshed; thus we held the key to thecrossing. We camped in a beautiful valley covered withshocks of wheat. But, alas for human hopes, we lingered too longhere. The men had ridden a long, weary distance. Therewas liberty over there, less than half a mile away, justacross the water. But Morgan said, These men aretired to-night; it is dark, we can cross early in the morn-ing. When morning came a thick, heavy, wet fog cov-ered the bottoms nearly to the tree tops, on the highhills. Thi
. Four years with Morgan and Forrest . n a flagof iruce, saw the captain and induced him to surrenderwithout any bloodshed; thus we held the key to thecrossing. We camped in a beautiful valley covered withshocks of wheat. But, alas for human hopes, we lingered too longhere. The men had ridden a long, weary distance. Therewas liberty over there, less than half a mile away, justacross the water. But Morgan said, These men aretired to-night; it is dark, we can cross early in the morn-ing. When morning came a thick, heavy, wet fog cov-ered the bottoms nearly to the tree tops, on the highhills. This fog lasted to 10 oclock. The ford cannot befound. Oh, the fatal delay! We sent some of our scouts back upon the Yankees were thick as fleas and on the move, columns were put in motion to forestall our ene-mies. I got my company in line and examined the cart-ridge boxes, and found only five rounds to the officers found the same conditions, only some ofthe men in other companies had only three rounds to the. O SiJ ^ < - X ^ y sSt O M CAPTURE AT BUFFINGTOxN 225 man. This was reported, but no matter, we got in mo-tion. The foo;- heg-an to lift. Some of our troopers, stoop-in^^ close to the ground, saw, not twenty feet away, theblue line. General Duke leading, halted, cried, Kneel!Fire! Charge! The thin gray line moved forwarclwith a wild rebel yell, firing as they advanced, drivingthe heavy mass of the enemy before them while theammunition lasted. In the meantime Morgan withabout 1800 men moved up to the ford and about fivehundred of them crossed in safety. General Morgannow retreated up to the river with about twelve hundredmen. We had exhausted our ammunition. The con-stant jolting up and down had worn the wrappers ofpaper off the balls, and thereby rendered it ended one of the most remarkable campaigns inancient or modern history. We were now facing an army of some forty thou-sand men, regulars, seasoned soldiers and state militia,wi
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