My own horses, headquarters' transportation, servants, mess chest, and everything except what I had on, was with this train.

General A.J.Smith happened to have an extra horse at Bruinsburg which I borrowed, with a saddle-tree without upholstering further than stirrups.

I had no other for nearly a week.
It was necessary to have transportation for ammunition.

Provisions could be taken from the country; but all the ammunition that can be carried on the person is soon exhausted when there is much fighting.

I directed, therefore, immediately on landing that all the vehicles and draft animals, whether horses, mules, or oxen, in the vicinity should be collected and loaded to their capacity with ammunition.