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At half past ten the next day we started out on the
Grayville road following them up and nothing occurred
until after dark when we came in sight of the Rebel camp fires
the advance was now made quietly + cautiously- skirmishes
were thrown out in the advance and for an hour we
move very slow but now crack, crack, goes the rifles and
then a whole volley but it lasts only a few moments and a
rebel wagon train of ten wagons + four wires of Artillery
is surprised and captured and after this is disposed of we
move forward but slowly feeling our way along and
before going up a range of hills this Regt is in the advance
three companies are sent forward as skirmishes and
Col Bismett in command of them when bang! goes
a gun + perhaps another I halt the Regt but there is no
reply some boy is excited and imagines he sees an
enemy - so we go for two or three milse over the hill +
down the valley and everything goes into camp but this
Regt which moves farther on + place our skirmishes as
pickets while the rest camp in a little ravine and sup on
coffee + hard tack and lie down by the fire for a few hours
of sleep- an hour passes by and every man is sound
asleep except the faithful sentinell at his post when
bang, bang, - a half dozzen shots - our picket line is attacked!
fall in ! fall in! and in a little less than no time we are