d Morgan's
divisions, with the three corps trains, after destroying three miles of
railway, moved in the direction of Jacksonboro, and camped thirteen
miles beyond Lumpkin's Station. On this same day, Baird and Kilpatrick,
after some fighting with Wheeler's cavalry, drove the enemy from
Waynesboro and across Brier creek.

The march was continued on the morning of the 5th, passing through
Jacksonboro into the north-eastern edge of Effingham county, thence
down the Savannah river, arriving in the vicinity of the city of
Savannah on the 11th of December.

Many new and exciting incidents occurred on the march from Louisville
to Savannah. Larger caravans of negroes than before followed our
war-path, frequently being cut off by the enemy's cavalry, but by
circuitous routes and much hard marching, would make their appearance
again.

There was at once a laughable and pitiful sight occurred respecting
these poor unfortunates, while the command was crossing the country in
the vicinity of Buckhead and Rocky creeks. As soon as the troops
crossed these streams the pontoons were taken up and the Africans left
behind. This, however, did not have the effect to discourage them, for,
after wandering up and down the banks for a time, in mad excitement,
some sturdy fellow among the rest, ventured in and swam across. This
was a signal for the rest, who followed like sheep in a drove. Many of
the women, with the darling calamity of their bosom in their arms, were
washed under by the swift current to rise no more.

The inhabitants of Georgia, on this unexpected raid through their
country, used many devices in the effort to hide their household
affairs, horses, mules, wagons and all kinds of provisions from the
invading Yankee army, but to no material purpose. The foragers would
first go to the houses and inquire of the families where they kept
their provisions, horses, mules and such, the answer invariably being
that "we'ens have none, are poor people," etc. The boys could not be
fooled out of a good thing by such talk as that, but proceeded
immediately to an investigation of the matter. Drawing the rammers from
their guns they would insert them in the ground at every suspicious
place where fresh dirt might be seen, and if they should strike
anything hard with them, the process of digging would be the next thing
on the programme, and behold! various things of consecutive kinds would
appear, probably the whole contents of a smoke-house or