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Fourth Cavalry III
After skirmishing with them a short time we withdrew and closed up with the column. That was the last time they bothered us on the march. Darkness now set in and we marched until 2 o'clock, when we crossed a deep stream, burning the bridges after us and went into camp until morning. At sunrise the column was again on the move, and after marching three miles we came to a stream which had been so swollen by recent rains that the whole command had to swim it. Three men and several animals were drowned, and one ambulance and two wagons lost in crossing. That night we went into camp in good season at Lithonia, a village on the Augusta railroad, about fifteen miles from the left of our army. Considering ourselves out of danger we slept soundly, which was the first night's rest we had since leaving camp on the morning of the 18th.
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