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to (in a playful way) thru shells into
us Some of which struck uncomfortably
near we were here put in position and
one Regt put out to skirmish with them
and find out this strength - skirmishing
was continued for an hour + some
shells were thrown but they did not
get the range + no damage was done
It soon became evident ^that they did
not intend to begin the engagement +
Col Post ordered the Brig forward in line
of battle + they evidently over estimating
our strength cut dirt + run after
setting fire to the bridge across Chimunga
Creek running between us + the town
but that was discovered + put out before
it had made much progress + we
soon landed within the breast works
+ found that the whole army had fallen
back to this place- We felt very much
relieved for we were in a pretty tight place
as we had only forty rounds of ammunition
and had they known it they could
have forced us back over the mountain