...h 1, we halted at a small country store, fed our horses, and cooked some rations. As soon as it was light we were on the way, and by 8 A. M. we came out on the hill at Dover Mills, on the farm of John A. Seddon , who was then Secretary of War of the Confederate States of America. Up to this, our success had been remarkable—two nights and one day in the Confederate lines and not a shot had been fire...