...trict. He had sent Capt. Maurice Langhorne and his company on a scouting foray in the direction of Searcy to learn the situation there and along the line of the railroad between Devall's Bluff and Little Rock . Langhorne was an experienced soldier and scout, and took nothing for granted, but went inside the enemy's lines to see for himself, confident of his ability to fight his way out in an emergency. ...