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that Buckeytown was a little further on.
Concluded to ride to that place. Did so and at the corner of one of the houses I found a collection of citizens standing by themselves. Upon inquiry with them about the rebels one said -- "A confederate fired upon your men not half an hour since from the very spot where you now stand."
A little startled at this I asked "Where are the confederate pickets now?" "Just over to that house" said he "pointing to a building perhaps 200 yards to my right rear. I immediately sent an orderly at the fork of the roads to the give the signal if an enemy approached and went on with my questions. But I did not stop long. I was soon on my way home.
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I shall not ever forget the party