...ur army at Sugar Creek] the next day. As it really was, he only found my rear-guard of 600 men in his front, because at the hour when his troops advanced against Bentonville, the leading division ( Asboth 's) of our retreating column crossed Sugar Creek, 10 miles from Bentonville. Van Dorn officially says, We followed him [Sigel], our advance skirmishing with his rearguard, which was admirably handle...