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brought his men out on dress parade, very 

 much in the same style as if he were prepar- 

 ing to move on Richmond. He had a train 

 of four six-horse teams, an ambulance and a 

 surgeon. The latter, however, he was not 

 likely to need, unless some of his men should 

 get hurt on dress p:arade. 



We marched down the river a few miles 

 when we found it necessary to cross. Here 

 we wasted four hours in digging the banks ot 

 the river down so we could get the wagons 

 across. We had proceeded but a short dis- 

 tance after crossing the river when we struck 

 a place which the captain thought would make 

 a good place to camp. Here he ordered a 

 halt, and said we would lay over the rest of 

 the day as we might not find so good a place 

 to camp as this. The next morning we 

 came out on dress parade, and about ten 

 o'clock resumed our march. We went about 

 twenty miles down the river, and crossed back 

 at the mouth of what is called Buckner 

 Creek. On this creek we struck a beaver 

 dam, above which the water was about eight 



