At 11 Oc forenoon we
ware relieved from our post & started in rejoicing in hopes of getting to
the fire & dry ourselves for we had no shelter from the pelting rain of the
past night & this day, & we know how to simpathize with the poor
fellows that have to stand the ballance of the day & night At about 3 Oc
this morning one of the videtts of the 3rd Iowa Cavelry fired 3 shots at
something he supposed to be an enemy but done no execution & he posibly
might have been mistaken the night was verry dark but from the time of the
firing we ware in expectation all the time untill day light, & even then
many expected there would be a dash upon us by Cavelry, we ware the advance
pickets through the night & after daylight the pickets of the 3rd Iowa
Cavelry again posted themselves beyond us
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, pp. 104-5
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