...l nearly night. The sharp, continuous skirmish, mentioned by Duke, was with O'Neil's squad of fifty men and a few soldiers, not more than a score, who happened to be home on furlough. I was with O'Neil a part of the evening, and am not surprised that General Duke thought, at the time, that he was a host, for he certainly made the most possible, both of show and noise, out of his limited force. B...