Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel John Beatty, January 26, 1862

A body of cavalry got in our rear last night and attempted to destroy the Nolan creek bridge; but it was driven off by the guard, after a sharp engagement, in which report says nine of the enemy were killed and six of our men.

The enemy is doing but little in our front. A night or two ago he ventured to within a few miles of our forces on Green river, burnt a station-house, and retired.

SOURCE: John Beatty, The Citizen-soldier: Or, Memoirs of a Volunteer, p. 97

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