1862 September 4 Bardsville

[from the diary of Captain William F. Hunter, Co. B., 97th Ohio]



     Oct. 4th, ’62      
Started between

7 & 8 o’clock, A.M.
Left the Bardsville  town
pike 26 miles from
Louisville; marched
rapidly until with-
in about 4 miles
of Bardsville, when
the rebel cavalry en-
gaged our cavalry,
taking 150 of ours
prisoners; - ours tak-
ing 1! Four miles from
Fairfield. Every a-
pearance of a fight.
Saw Gen’l. Thos. L. Crit-  
tenden, today; a fine
looking young gen-
eral.

Two rebel pris-
oners just pass-
ed; “hard cases”.
I saw, altogether, ten
prisoners whom we
took to-day.- yesterday, one
officer. Encamped
for the night in the
suburbs of Bards-
town. Made a march
of 20 miles today.
Was taken to H.
Q. for permitting
some of the men
to take a few
sweet potatoes

from an old rebel.
Rained to-day.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

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