with a Small Cannon we have and such Skidaddeling you never seen in your life, they would leave everything behind them, we went in Several of their Camps and found there (their) Breakfast cooked and on the Table ready for eating which our Boys would soon demolish, after rowing So early in the Morning, we would then set about breaking up their pans and works we have taken a great many prisoners, who were all ancious (anxious) to take the oath of Allegiance, that they might get rid of the Southern Army, they all tell one tail (tale), they say that the Rebels cant hold out much longer if they are not recognised (recognized), we have on board Two Refugees and a Prisoner the Prisoner I judge we Shall let go in a few days, it is enough to make any person’s heart ache, to see what this Poor People has to suffer, Scarcely anything to eat or wear and they look Miserable, we have destroyed in the Neighborhood of Four hundred Pans in all, which will be a great pull back to them, as they cannot git (get) Iron for no price, those Pans are worth from one to three Hundred Dollars a peace (apiece), we have also destroyed
