How, again, could a junction be effected in the face of a superior enemy, liable to fall upon either column and crush it?
Obviously the first thing was to find a messenger.
Garfield applied to Col.

Moore of the Fourteenth Kentucky, and made known his need.
"Have you a man," he asked, "who will die rather than fail or betray us ?" "Yes," answered the Kentuckian, after a pause, "I think I have.

His name is John Jordan, and he comes from the head of the Blaine." This was a small stream which entered the Big Sandy, a short distance from the town.
At the request of Garfield, Jordan was sent for.

In a short time he entered the tent of the Union commander.
This John Jordan was a remarkable man, and well known in all that region.

He was of Scotch descent, and possessed some of the best traits of his Scotch ancestry.