\"Ihavetworevolvershere，sir；infactIhavethree。Ialwayskeeponeloaded，forthereisneveranysayingwhetheritmaynotbewanted；theothertwoIpickeduplastspring。Therewasafightaboutaquarterofamilefromhereandafteritwasoverandtheyhadmovedaway，fortheConfederateswonthattimeandchasedthembacktowardNashville，IwentoutwithChloewithsomewaterandbandagestoseeifwecoulddoanythingforthewounded。Wewereatworktheretillevening，andIthinkwedidsomegood。AswewerecomingbackIsawsomethinginalowbush，andgoingtherefoundaYankeeofficerandhishorsebothlyingdead；theyhadbeenkilledbyashell，Ishouldthink。
StoopingovertoseeifhewasquitedeadIsawarevolverinhisbeltandanotherintheholsterofhissaddle，soItookthemoutandbroughtthemhome，thinkingImightgivethemtosomeofourmen，forwewerethen，aswehavealwaysbeen，veryshortofarms；butIneverhadanopportunityofgivingthemaway，andI
amverygladnowthatIhavenot。Heretheyare，sir，andtwopacketsofcartridges，fortheyareofthesamesizeasthoseofthepistolmyfathergavemewhenhewentaway。Youareheartilywelcometothem。\"
\"Thankyouextremely，\"Vincentsaid，ashetookthepistolsandplacedthepacketsofammunitioninhispocket。\"WecuttwoheavysticksthenightweleftNashvillesoastobeabletomakesomethingofafight；butwiththeseweaponsweshallfeelamatchforanysmallpartieswemaymeet。Thenateighto\'clockIwillcomebackagain。\"
\"Ishallbeready，\"thegirlsaid；\"butIwishyouwouldhavestopped，therearesomanythingsIwanttoaskyouabout，andtheseYankeepapers，whichareallweseenow，arefulloflies。\"