The infantry and
artillery moved on in the direction of Camp Buckner. A part of Brazelton's
Battalion was left on the London road a short distance north-west of
Barboursville.
Colonel McNairy
ordered Captain Allison to take his company and picket the road leading east
from Barboursville in the direction of Mount Pleasant. Going about one mile and
a half from town, Allison ordered his company to halt, except five men who were
ordered to take post about half a mile in advance of the picket base. About the
time the company had dismounted and tied up their horses, our pickets commenced
firing, only about four hundred yards from us. In less than three minutes we
were in the saddle again, and going in a dash to see what the trouble was.
We soon learned that
our pickets had seen only one man, who, on being ordered to halt, took to the
bushes. They fired about four shots at him, but he made good his escape. We
then returned to where we had first dismounted, but did not unsaddle that
night.
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