. 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 . the 116th Ohio infantry, and six cavalrymen fromthe Ringgold cavalry, all under command of CaptainBrown. The hay was loaded. The train came up the creek,and turned to the east along the Northwestern pike to thejunction, and then to the north, along the road leading toRomney. Sergeant Hopkins Moffitt had charge of thecavalry which rode a considerable distance in front as anadvance guard, and the infantry climbed up on top of
. 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 . the 116th Ohio infantry, and six cavalrymen fromthe Ringgold cavalry, all under command of CaptainBrown. The hay was loaded. The train came up the creek,and turned to the east along the Northwestern pike to thejunction, and then to the north, along the road leading toRomney. Sergeant Hopkins Moffitt had charge of thecavalry which rode a considerable distance in front as anadvance guard, and the infantry climbed up on top of theloads and made themselves comfortable in the hay Nearly forty years after this incident the writer metCaptain Jesse McNeill, who had charge of the McNeillRangers, and who told him the story of the capture of thishay train. McNeill had come there that morning, with twenty-four of his men, and concealed his force on a small ridge AT ROMNEY AGAIN 135 near the road, to wateh for small parties of cavalry thatmight pass that way. His sole aim was to secure horsesand arms. He watched the hay train as it went by, andwas especially struck by the comfortable soldiering of. MAJOR H. A. MYERS the seventy-five infantrymen. He saw that they were allon the top of the loads of hay resting very man had stuck the bayonet of his gun down into thehay. To a soldier of McNeills stamp the whole scene wasan amusing one. The train halted at the creek, a short distance from 136 ELWOODS STORIES where the force of Confederates was concealed in the brushand the men began to water their horses. It was at thispoint that McNeill charged on them and captured thewhole outfit, except the cavalry which was some distanceahead. The infantrymen declared afterwards that theircaptain never gave a command. Hearing the shooting and the yelling Sergeant Moffitt,of the advance guard, came back in haste to find the trainand the guards all in the hands of the enemy They openeda vigorous fire on the Conf
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