Had a good march
down to Gauley — the whole Third Brigade under General Schenck. Weather warm as
summer, almost hot. Crossed New River at ferry near its mouth, worked by
Captain Lane and his good men, thence down left bank of the Kanawha to the road
from Montgomery Ferry to Fayetteville, thence about two miles to Huddleston's
farm, where we bivouacked among briars and devil's-needles — officers in corn
fodder in a crib. The band played its best tunes as we crossed New River,
Captain Lane remarking, “I little hoped to see such a sight a week ago when the
enemy were cannonading us.” About 10:30 o'clock General Schenck got a dispatch
from General Benham saying Floyd was on the run and he in pursuit, and urging
us to follow. At midnight the men were aroused and at one we were on the way.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 147-8
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