Things grew warm, as the Yankees, learning that we were in the country, began to assemble in great force.

They tried to prevent our crossing the Monocacy River, and we had a sharp fight, but we drove them off before they could get up a big enough force to hold us.

Then we came on, forded the Potomac and got back after having made an entire circuit of McClellan's army." "What a ride!" exclaimed St.Clair, his eyes sparkling.

"I wish I had been with you.

It would have been something to talk about." "We did stir 'em up," said Sherburne with pardonable pride, "and we got a lot of information, too, some of it beyond price.