Major Purington ordered on a scout with 150 men towards
Traversville. 7th on the Albany road, I went along. Learned there were 900
rebels in the fight yesterday. Cheke among them. Went to a house and saw
another wounded man, wounded in the charge near Monticello, hit in thigh. Rode
four to eight miles, leg bleeding, Arthur Brannon of Lebanon, Ky., Shewarth's
Regt., wished the war had never commenced, still willing to fight. Citizens
represented nearly 100 wounded. All demoralized. Officers could not get them to
stand ground. Got into camp at 8 P. M. Rained during the night. I got wet
enough.
SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney, War Diary Of Luman
Harris Tenney, p. 68
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