"Thar's a feller up here aways I've got an account to settle with, an' I'll git him no matter what happens," exclaimed Harry, fiercely. Then a happy thought came to him, "Say," he asked, "didn't the Kunnel tell us whar to rally after this affair was over?"
"Yes, at Whaley's Mill," was the answer.
"Wall, I must git my man an' then I'll find yo' un," Harry answered.
On the outskirts of the village Harry met another guerrilla who told him he had better be getting back, as Porter had given up all hopes of capturing the soldiers in the court house, and they were going to gather up their booty and prisoners and evacuate the place.
"Very well," answered Harry. "Thar is one feller out heah I want to get, an' I'm goin' to get him."
"Better hurry up then," replied the guerrilla.
Porter had no idea of holding the place when he made the raid. His orders were that while some of his force should engage the soldiers at the court house, the rest should disperse through the city and arrest every Union man in the place; expressly were they ordered to find and arrest Andrew Allsman, who had made himself very obnoxious to them by acting as guide to the Union forces.
Allsman was found in bed. He was dragged out, ordered to dress himself, and taken away.
Porter expected to find a large quantity of arms and munitions of war in the place. In this he was disappointed, but he succeeded in taking the jail and liberating a number of prisoners.
One Union citizen was shot down as he stood in the door of his house.