7 & 8 o'clock, A.M.
Left the Bards
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.-'
officer. Encamped
for the night in the
suburbs of Bards-
town. Made a march
of 20 miles today.
Was taken to H.
2 for permitting
some of the men
to take a few
sweet potatoes
from an old rebel.
Rained to-day.
Skirmishing on the Bardstown Pike
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