. . Riding Day and Night—Tkip to West Liberty —Death of MajorMcLaughlin—Lively Days at Paintsville—Dull and Hot atLouisa—A Few Get Furloughs—Down the Big Sandy and upthe Ohio—Operations in the Kanawha Region—Once MoreBack to Louisa—A Cold and O DbceUber—A Story about Horses. DURING the next three weeks the Squadron, in a body orby detachments, vibrated between Piketon and Preston-burg, and scoured the adjacent territory in every direc-tion, sometimes riding day and night. There werebrushes with the enemy now and then, but no encounte
. . Riding Day and Night—Tkip to West Liberty —Death of MajorMcLaughlin—Lively Days at Paintsville—Dull and Hot atLouisa—A Few Get Furloughs—Down the Big Sandy and upthe Ohio—Operations in the Kanawha Region—Once MoreBack to Louisa—A Cold and O DbceUber—A Story about Horses. DURING the next three weeks the Squadron, in a body orby detachments, vibrated between Piketon and Preston-burg, and scoured the adjacent territory in every direc-tion, sometimes riding day and night. There werebrushes with the enemy now and then, but no encounters worthyof mention. On July 7th part of the Squadron was ordered toWest Liberty, Kentucky, about forty miles to the westward, un-der the command of Lieutenant Fisher. The purpose of this andother expeditions was to clear the rebels from that section ofcountry. The West Liberty episode is thus described : We marched early and had a pleasant ride through a lettercountry than we had yet found in Kentucky, without seeing any- 836 1362.] • r. \ \ \ QAYLORD mFALL,MAJOR, mlAUGHLP, >RON. 8$& THE BOYS SAW MAJOR JENKINS. July. thing of import until evening, when we rode into the gloom yshadows ofCrackers Neck. Our path wound its way up thedry course of a stream between hills of such height that it madeone dizzy to look to the top, and overshadowed by the denswood. Here, in this awfully grand place, just as the shade-evening were closing around us, we met a squad of rebel cavalry,under the command of Major Jenkins. Both parties halted andsurveyed each other for a moment to be sure they were numbers were about equal; the rebels had the advantage ofknowing the country. Soon the ball was opened by the Confed-erates, but our commander did not intend to fight in that \\Knowing the effect of close hand to hand work and a ringingcheer, he gave the order to draw sabers and charge, with theeffect he anticipated. The rebels did not tarry, but fled up thestream,
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