. History of Fourteenth Illinois cavalry and the brigades to which it belonged. d a big fight. July 20th. Company I, 14th, buried several hundredof the enemys dead, then by a rapid march rejoined theirregiment at midnight, just as they went into camp at Pom-eroy. July 21 st. Marched at daylight and reported to Gen-eral Shackelford; heard that the captures reached 4,600rebels. Shackelfords report (page 642), says : On themorning of the 20th I called for 1,000 volunteers whocould stay in their saddles as long as I would without eat-ing or sleeping until we captured Morgan. The entirecommand woul
. History of Fourteenth Illinois cavalry and the brigades to which it belonged. d a big fight. July 20th. Company I, 14th, buried several hundredof the enemys dead, then by a rapid march rejoined theirregiment at midnight, just as they went into camp at Pom-eroy. July 21 st. Marched at daylight and reported to Gen-eral Shackelford; heard that the captures reached 4,600rebels. Shackelfords report (page 642), says : On themorning of the 20th I called for 1,000 volunteers whocould stay in their saddles as long as I would without eat-ing or sleeping until we captured Morgan. The entirecommand would have volunteered, but for the want ofhorses. We could find but about 500 horses in the com-mand fit for service. Colonel Capron, with his regiment,the 14th Illinois, reported to me on the night of the 20th, andvolunteered 157 of his regiment (all who had fit horses).Colonel Wolford also volunteered with detachments of the1st Kentucky and 2d East Tennessee, and 45th and2d Ohio, We also had small detachments from other regi-ments. With 500 men, on the morning of the 21st, we. LIEUTENANT COLONEL DAVID QUIGG. FOURTEENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY. 45 resumed the chase. Traveling day and night we came upwith the enemy the morning of the 24th at drove in the rebel pickets and by flank movementsdrove the entire rebel force out of the town, killing andwounding several of the enemy. One mile east of Wash-ington the enemy made a stand in a dense wood. Weformed a line of battle and soon drove him from his posi-tion. He fell back two miles, tore up a bridge over arugged stream and took a position in the woods on a highhill just beyond the bridge. The advance moved upon hisleft flank, while a portion of the 14th Illinois crossed thestream just above the bridge, and moved up the hill in theface of a heavy fire from the enemy; steadily they movedup and drove him before them. Late Friday evening heburned two bridges over Stillwater, causing considerabledelay. At daylight on Saturday morn
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