...rty or forty men, some afoot and others on horseback, drew up in line across the mouth of it. At this menacing movement we halted, when they called to us, in loud voice, to know if we were Union men. Colonel Brent replied promptly, No; who are you? Come on; all right, they replied. Brent was in favor of going on, but to this I very decidedly demurred. I was convinced that their intentions were hostile,...