We moved out in the
direction of White Plains; on the 23d we passed through White Plains, and on
the 24th we crossed Caney Fork River at Trousdale's Ferry, and stopped for the
night at the Widow Allen's. Here we left Ewing in the care of Mr. Anderson
French, a member of our battalion, who was afterwards lieutenant. He was to
take Ewing by stage to his (Ewing's) uncle's, near Nashville. Ewing suffered a
great deal during the trip. He was very low spirited. It seemed that he had
just as soon die as live.
He frequently said
to us, "Drive the wagon out of the road, take out your horses and go on
home."
SOURCE: Richard R.
Hancock, Hancock's Diary: Or, A History of the Second Tennessee
Confederate Cavalry, p. 128-9
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