...ed to, preparatory to active outpost duty in front of a large invading force, a courier on his way to district headquarters reported the enemy landing at Boyd's. Then came swiftly the ready order, in Captain Peeples 's clarion voice, that could be heard a mile. There was mounting in hot haste, and in a few minutes Company K, 75 men strong, were in a gallop down the Honey Hill road. There was no hesitancy, no ...