Came to McMinnville
this morn. Ordered Regiment to Hoover's Gap to picket; wagons to Manchester. I
went to the wagons to get a saddle, stopped with Dave Nunn, staid all Tuesday,
9th. Came to camp, rigged my tree and Wednesday, 10th, came to the
command, camped near Beech. Grove on pike.
SOURCE: Ephraim
Shelby Dodd, Diary of Ephraim Shelby Dodd: Member of Company D Terry's
Texas Rangers, p. 18-9