to be seen or heard of the enemy. They had
doubtless come to the sage conclusion,

"That those who fly may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain,"

and so had quietly decamped. They had been badly whipped, and only wanted
to be "let alone." Their force was estimated to be about seven thousand,
while ours did not exceed two thousand, and five hundred actively engaged.
The Rebel loss could not have been less than two hundred and fifty killed
and wounded. Our loss was four killed and twenty wounded. Twenty-eight of
the enemy's dead were left on the field, and were buried by our soldiers.
Three of their wounded fell into our hands, two of whom died the next day.
Owing to the wild and rugged nature of the country, immediate pursuit was
impossible, otherwise we would have "gobbled" the greater part of their
force. The ground on which the battle was fought is said to have been the
favorite hunting ground of Daniel Boone, the pioneer of Kentucky. It was
rather a romantic place for a battle.

CHAPTER III.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN.

We remained at Camp Wild Cat until Thursday, Oct. 24th, and then took up
our line of march on the track of the fleeing Rebels. All along the road
were evidences of their work of destruction, as, in their retreat, they
destroyed bridges, fences, and even houses. Carcasses of horses, cattle
and hogs, were strewn along the roadside. In many places they had felled
large trees across the road to cover their retreat. We also saw several
graves where they had buried their dead.

In the afternoon of the same day, we arrived at what is called Pittman's X
Roads. The Richmond road here intersects the Lexington and Cumberland Gap
road. The place derives its name from an old settler.

We here pitched our tents upon a pretty knoll. It was quite convenient to
wood and water, and was the most pleasant place we had yet occupied.

While here, large reinforcements were received, being an entire brigade,
composed of the following regiments, namely: Fourteenth, Seventeenth and
Thirty-eighth Ohio; Thirty-third Indiana; First Kentucky; First and Second
Tennessee; all Infantry, and a small detachment of Woolford's Cavalry,
with our own and Kinney's Batteries, of the First Ohio Artillery.

While here, we had several night alarms, but none of them proved of much
consequence. In each instance, however, we were promptly prepared for any
emergency. A few days later, word came to strike tents and proceed o