Tuesday,  list.  The  army  got  in  motion.  Marched  to  Fish  Pond
river.  Here  we  were  detained  to  repair  the  bridge  till  evening.  Before
we  crossed  we  moved  on  about  three  miles,  through  a  swamp,  over  an
exceeding  bad  causeway.  This  day  Col.  Tarleton,  with  his  dragoons,
joined  us  from  Beaufort,  where  he  had  been  to  get  horses — his  being  all
lost  on  the  passage  from  New  York.  We  took  up  our  ground  about
ten  o'clock  at  night,  and  remained  till  ten  o'clock  next  morning.
Wednesday ,  22d.  The  army  got  in  motion  at  ten  in  the  morning,
and  marched  as  far  as  Horse  Shoe,  where  we  again  were  detained  to
repair  the  bridge.  After  crossing,  continued  our  march  to  Jacksonsburgh,
a  village  containing  about  sixty  houses,  situated  on  Pon  Pon,  or  Edisto
river.  The  most  of  the  houses  are  very  good ;  the  people  tolerable  well
to  live  ;  some  large  store  houses  for  rice,  from  which  they  convey  it  by
water  to  Charleston  market.  In  short,  it  is  a  pleasant  little  place,  and
well  situated  for  trade,  but  the  inhabitants  are  all  Rebels — not  a  man
remaining  in  the  town,  except  two,  one  of  whom  was  so  sick  he  could
not  get  out  of  bed,  and  the  other  a  doctor,  who  had  the  name  of  a  friend
to  Government.  The  women  were  treated  very  tenderly,  and  with  the
utmost  civility,  notwithstanding  their  husbands  were  out  in  arms  against
us.
Thursday,  23d.  All  the  army,  except  the  Seventy-first  regiment,
and  greatest  part  of  the  baggage,  crossed  the  river  in  boats  and  flats,  the
bridge  being  destroyed.  Col.  Tarleton  came  up  with  a  party  of  Rebel
militia  dragoons,  soon  after  crossing  the  river  at  Gov.  Bee's  plantation.
