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Jht fall he began the ascent of a large and steep mountain, |ji man marching in single file, dismounted and with his Ed upon the tail of the horse in front. When General Morgan [d crossed over the mountain he turned to the left on a road Jcli ran parallel to and down the river. The march was git up all night long and until about three o'clock in the fernoon of the next day, when a cosiderable pursuing force [the enemy appeared in sight. The Sixth Regiment was the \t guard of the column and hy repeated skirmishes kept enemy in check until we came near the town of Cheshire, -the banks of the Ohio River. By that time the advance' |h General Morgan was several miles away. We hoped he

was safe. Our aim had been to afford him a chance to get out of reach of the pursuing enemy. We then made our last stand but were run over and captured by the superior force of the enemy. We were, of course, taken to prison and the greater part of the regiment was kept in prison until March, 1865, when a large portion of the enlisted men was taken around to Richmond on exchange. The officers, with a few exceptions, were kept in prison until the close of the war. The regiment, as a regiment, did not after the Ohio raid participate in any of the subsequent engagements of Morgan's command. Signed: J. W. ALCORN,

Adjutant Sixth Cavalry.