midnight
Walcott made his way on foot to the cabin where he left his horse , and then rode to Jamestown . At this town he found a full company of the Seventeenth Tennessee Cavalry , who had camped there the night before , living on what was left of the fat of the land ; for the place had been raided twice before . They had two wagons with them , and it was evident that they intended to load them with provisions and forage . `` Walcott reached his home at midnight , and immediately called upon me with the news he had gathered . At Jamestown he saw one of the lieutenants flirting with a girl in front of the hotel . This officer was summoned to supper , and his companion hastened up the street . She was the daughter of a storekeeper in the town , which is the county seat of Russell County ; and my friend had often traded there in goods he could not find in the towns nearer home .