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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.21 (search)
and we did not go into the town. We recrossed the Potomac that night at Old Town, following the North Branch, and went into camp about two miles below Moorefield, in Hardy county. The Yankees under Averill had been close after us, and occasionally small brushes would take place between our rear guard and their advance, our objec at once. In two minutes men and horses were running in every direction. After the Yankees had covered about half of the camp, I saw some men running toward Moorefield—a general stampede. With nothing but a halter on my horse and no saddle, I turned in the same direction, and away I went at 2.40 speed, a number of Yankees clon at it, to my surprise and relief, he leaped over 21 like a deer, never touching a rail or slacking his gait, and sped on with the swiftness of the wind until Moorefield was reached. I glanced back to see what had become of my pursuers, but they never got over the fence. In a few minutes, on the southern side of the town, a