not appear that he made any serious effort of all to dislodge the

Confederate cavalry: his impotent attempt not only chagrined me very

much, but occasioned much unfavorable comment throughout the army.

We reached Woodstock early on the morning of the 23d, and halted

there some little time to let the troops recover their organization,

which had been broken in the night march they had just made. When

the commands had closed up we pushed on toward Edinburg, in the hope

of making more captures at Narrow Passage Creek; but the