Officer of the guard. Marched again at 10 a. m. Cavalry
skirmished all day. First Louisiana in advance of infantry. Cut a road through
a wood. Expected a fight all day. Somehow I did not believe we would have a
fight, but my captain, Felton, believed we would, and get badly whipped too. “I
will tell you what I will do Captain”, I said: “I will bet you ten cents, and
that is the extent of my pile, that the First Louisiana don't fire a gun until
we get into Alexandra.” He did not take the bet and I did not believe he had
the money to cover it. Money was not very flush with any of us. It had been a
good while since we were paid off. One of our men was killed today by a rebel.
At six p. m. stacked arms and the men had stripped off their equipments and
were preparing for supper when orders came to march immediately at double
quick. There was a scramble to get into line and we went on a double quick
about half a mile and halted in an open field. Slept on our arms that night.
General Dick Taylor did not molest us and I had a good sound sleep.
SOURCE: Abstracted from George G. Smith, Leaves from
a Soldier's Diary, p. 99-100
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