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advanced in the direction of Morgantown, the First Maryland some miles in
advance, Where several hundred citizens had assembled with arms, determined to
dispute the Confederate entrance into their town. Feeling that an attack would
cause much loss of life and destruction of property. Major Brown permitted
Captain F. A. Bond to go forward with a flag of truce demanding the uncondi-
tional surrender of the town. After some little hesitation this demand was
complied with, when Morgantown was entered and all arms found destroyed.

As soon as Colonel Harmon joined the advance two hours afterward, the
entire force moved in the direction of Independence, and went into camp seven
miles from that town. On the 28th, after meeting and uniting with the forces
under General Jones, from which Harmon had separated soon after leaving
Greenland Gap, the whole command retraced its steps to Morgantown. On this
latter march, a portion of the Maryland battalion comprised the advance guard
under Captain Bond. In passing through a mountainous section it was fired upon
by bushwhackers, and Captain Rasin's horse was killed. After a lively chase three
of the scoundrels were caught, and by order of Captain Bond were shot upon
the spot.

On the 29th the command arrived at Fairmont. which was held by about
three hundred infantry. Company E was dismounted and fought as infantry,
whilst the remainder of the battalion charged the place under a heavy fire. Finding
themselves cut off, the garrison surrendered. The battalion lost one man killed
and two wounded in this affair.

The next day Major Brown charged into Bridgeport and captured one
company of cavalry and one of infantry. Major Brown had one man killed.

From here General Jones proceeded by easy stages to Buckhannon, where
the wound received by Major Brown at Greenland Gap became so much worse
that he was peremptorily ordered home by Dr. Johnson. Throughout all these
long and hard marches this brave man had refused to leave his command,
although at times scarcely able to maintain his seat in the saddle.

At Weston the command rested for two days, and then moved on Oiltown,
where it arrived on May 9. Here all the oil tanks and .machinery were burned.
From Oiltown, General Jones marched by way of Glenville and Sutton to
Summerville, and thence homeward by easy stapes to Harrisonburg, in the
Valley of Virginia.

In thirty days Jones' command had marched seven hundred miles through a
mountainous country, gathered subsistence for man and horse, killed thirty of the
enemy and wounded three times as many, captured seven hundred prisoners and
arms, with one piece of artillery, and two trains of cars, burned sixteen railroad
bridges, one hundred and fifty thousand barrels of oil, many engines, and brought
home one thousand cattle and twelve hundred horses, losing in the meantime ten
killed and forty-two wounded.