. Elwood's stories of the old Ringgold Cavalry, 1847-1865 [electronic resource]: the first three year cavalry of the Civil War : with introduction by the Rev. Ryland . nd Hancock. OnAugust 1st General Kelley engaged his forces in battlethree miles from Cumberland and prevented his reachingthat place. He crossed the Potomac and went on to NewCreek. The men were loaded down with goods of all kinds,taken from the stores of Chambersburg. On August 2nd we broke camp at daybreak, and fell inline at once by way of Hagerstown, where we took break-fast and fed our horses. From here we marched to C
. Elwood's stories of the old Ringgold Cavalry, 1847-1865 [electronic resource]: the first three year cavalry of the Civil War : with introduction by the Rev. Ryland . nd Hancock. OnAugust 1st General Kelley engaged his forces in battlethree miles from Cumberland and prevented his reachingthat place. He crossed the Potomac and went on to NewCreek. The men were loaded down with goods of all kinds,taken from the stores of Chambersburg. On August 2nd we broke camp at daybreak, and fell inline at once by way of Hagerstown, where we took break-fast and fed our horses. From here we marched to ClearSpring and went into camp for the night. Here we could,by the aid of a spy-glass, see thirty-two towns and vil-lages. My company went on picket on Fairview Mountainforty miles from Winchester. The next day we broke campearly and moved within five miles of Hancock. Here wecame on General Averells forces who were after McCaus-land. We countermarched two miles then went into camp. Early in the morning of August 4th we joined General ALONG THE UPPER POTOMAC 227 Averells forces, crossed the Potomac at Hancock andmarched to Bath, West Virginia. From there we went to P. HUGH B. HEDGE, FROM WHOSE DIARY THISCHAPTER WAS TAKEN St. Johns run for rations. Here we fed our horses, gotdinner, returned to Bath and took the road to Bloomeryfurnace. We halted eight miles from the place for twohours to rest and fed our faithful horses, after which we 228 ELWOODS STORIES pushed on to Bloomery arriving at daybreak, after an allnight march. The next morning we were up early, fedour horses, got a bite to eat and continued our march toSpringfield where we encamped for the night. Our com-pany had been without rations for two days. On August 6th we broke camp at seven oclock, march-ed to Romney and took dinner. Here the Ringgolds wereat home, rations or no rations. We remained here untilthree oclock. The boys were greeting old friends. In themeantime, General Averell detached from his commandthe Ring
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