Tuesday July 2

Sarah and Lucy who came down and spent the night went home on the train taking Annie with them.  Ephe took Kate in a carriage to invite the folks down the road to a picnic on the fourth.  We sent invitations in the name of A. S. Bailey and W. D. McClure as Committee to the Eggleston Guards, State Fencibles and Dayton Zouaves.  Maggie took tea here.  The papers have an account of a wonderful fight between a party of scouts sent out from Cumberland by Col. Wallace.  They consisted of thirteen mounted men, who went nearly to Frankfort town which they found full of cavalry.  They met and charged and routed a company of horsemen killing eight, and capturing seventeen horses.  Corp. Hayes was badly wounded and while attending to him, they were suddenly attacked by a party of seventy five horsemen.  Of these they killed twenty three.  They all succeeded in getting back to camp except one, J. F. Collingworth who was killed.  I think it will hardly do after this to doubt the bravery of Indianians.