A fine, warm spring day. Drills as usual. . . . . Four of Company I, a
sergeant, two corporals, and one private, left on Sunday to forage. They have
not returned. Their leave of absence extended a few hours — not to [be]
longer than the evening dress parade. They stayed last night with two of
Company B near Flat Top and in the morning separated from the Company B men
saying they would not return until they got something, but would be in by the
Monday dress parade “which period has now expired.” I much fear that they are
taken. Sergeant Abbott's party of scouts were fired on last evening;
"nobody hurt." We must break up the gang (Foley's) near Flat Top
before we shall be rid of them.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of
Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 237
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