. . from apelting rain by placing railsagainst a stone wall andcovering them with corn-stalks and straw. ColonelHarker established himselfand his staff in a barn,which he dignified with thedesignation Headquarters,Third Brigade. While preparing break-fast next morning thetroops were thrown intothe wildest confusion by asudden firing on the picketline, apparently along ourwhole front, followed byrapid discharges of aftttteHalf-made coffee was pouredout and bacon was leftsizzling before the fire. Every man hastily donned his accouterme
. . from apelting rain by placing railsagainst a stone wall andcovering them with corn-stalks and straw. ColonelHarker established himselfand his staff in a barn,which he dignified with thedesignation Headquarters,Third Brigade. While preparing break-fast next morning thetroops were thrown intothe wildest confusion by asudden firing on the picketline, apparently along ourwhole front, followed byrapid discharges of aftttteHalf-made coffee was pouredout and bacon was leftsizzling before the fire. Every man hastily donned his accouterments, seized his gun, andsprang to his place. The long expected fight had come at last—that is, rethought SO tor a few minutes. Three divisions—Wood,Van Cleve and Smith—quickly formed in line, but did nothingelse except to lie down and wait in vain for the Johnnies tocome on if they dared. It was only a spirited cavalry dash andwas soon over. One company from each of our regiments was onthe picket line, and on 1>eitig relieved the members of those com-. BKNJAM1N I\ I ,CAPTAIN, SIXTY-FIFTH. 2gv WHIRLIM VO HARROD3BURG. [October, panies boasted grandly that they had really had a shot at therebels. Once, when it was imagined that a cyclone of horsemen iUnit to sweep upon us, we went through the maneuver oftunning square, each side of which bristled with ba>onets, which the regulation scheme for meeting a charge of cavalry. Wedid this often when on battalion drill, but this was the only timewe ever put it into practice—and then, when we had got ourselvesnicely fixed to receive the hostile troopers, they gave us the go-byand not one of them came in sight. Then our brigade started upon that famous reconnoisance toHarrodsburg. Our object was to ascertain definitely whether theenemy was in that vicinity, and if so what he proposed to distance was some twelve miles, nearly all of which wemade in line of battle, rushing wildly across the country, sweep-ing throug
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