Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter ix in kentucky as we marched along through towns and /- villages, we saw troops in every place, jl -but nothing of importance occurred until we arrived at Somerset, Kentucky. A large body of troops was there, among whom was the noted Colonel Woolford's First Kentucky Cavalry, a terror to the Johnnies, and whom the noted John Morgan held in awe. They were a set of men peculiar in their own way, never doing anything like anybody else. They were scattered everywhere, and they were always on the alert. By some means known to themselves they always got together when there was a chance for an engagement with the enemy, and then they scored one for the First Kentucky. It was impossible for the enemy to surprise a camp in that part of the country, for the First Kentucky knew every Union man and every ford and bridle path in southern Kentucky. As soon as the enemy moved someone knew it, and soon they all knew it. They usually rode the thoroughbred Kentucky horse, and, if occasion required, the man would light into the saddle with his foot through the stirrup to the heel of his boot, and, with his trusty carbine across the saddle, he would glide over forty, fifty, or one hundred miles, as the case might be, with a rapidity that always brought him to the right place at the right time. When in a skirmish Colonel Woolford would say: "Huddle up and scatter out, boys; you know as well how to do it as I do." Somerset is situated on the north of the Cumberland River and three or four miles from it. There was an old-fashioned rope ferry with two boats at the river crossing on the road leading south to the town of Monticello, at that time the headquarters of the rebel General Pegram. The north side of the river was guarded by Union troops and the...
