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ed into the road. Just at the moment, some few men, whom we had left up the road some hundred yards or so, fire into them; they immediately wheeled, and were making for Raleigh, when they unexpectedly encountered a barrier of present rifles. We immediately summoned them surrender; instead of doing which, the wheeled and put spurs to their horses. we then fired, killing and wounding several. We left three of them dead on the field; captured several prisoners, besides horse Sharp's rifles, Colt's navy revolvers, sword &c., and returned to camp without any our men even receiving so much as a scratch. Quite a laughable incident occurred after the Yankees had come in sight, before they catch up even with us. One of our boys had left his gun some fifty yards up the hill, when he heard that the Yankees were coming he crawled to it, snake fashion. It was quite laughable to see with what dexterity he performed this short journey. It is reported here that the Yankees intend to make