nearly parallel with it till I came to Rock Creek. With a little

delay we got across Rock Creek, which was also much swollen, and

finding a short distance above its mouth a ford on Elk River that

Card said was practicable, I determined to attempt it: Some of the

enemy's cavalry were guarding this ford, but after a sharp little

skirmish my battalion of cavalry crossed and took up a strong

position on the other bank. The stream was very high and the current

very swift, the water , tumbling along over its rocky bed in an

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