The buildings were set on fire, and all but a half-dozen of them consumed.

When our cavalry reached the place, the rear-guard of the Rebels had been gone less than half an hour.

There were about two hundred chickens running loose among the burning buildings.

Our soldiers commenced killing them, and had slaughtered two-thirds of the lot when one of the officers discovered that they were game-cocks.
This class of chickens not being considered edible, the killing was stopped and the balance of the flock saved.

Afterward, while we lay in camp, they were made a source of much amusement.