...s were drowned while attempting to cross; twenty-five or thirty wagons and a large number of mules and horses were washed away. A regiment of cavalry was drawn up on the opposite bank, but a few of Pennington 's pills caused them to skedaddle. They fired a few shells in return, but no harm was done. Hearing that a force had marched toward Falling Waters, General Kilpatrick ordered an advance to that ...