We arrived at Greenville at 9 o'clock in the morning and
reported to the commander of the post, who informed us that he did not need
reinforcements. He had just defeated a force of three hundred with a battery of
six light guns and lost but three men. We remained, however, during the day,
leaving for our camp down the river at 10 o'clock at night.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 102
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