Friday, 4th.—Gen. Zollicoffer ordered Colonel McNairy to go with his battalion on a reconnoitering expedition as far as London.
As soon as his men could prepare two days’ rations, McNairy set out from Camp Buckner about 10:30 A. M., and, after a ride of about forty miles, he drew rein a little after midnight, within two miles of London. Our advance guard, going on to that place, returned and reported no enemy there. We then took a nap of some two or three hours.
