“Notwithstanding these facts, the ubiquitous guerrilla was abroad by night as in time when desertion was unpopular. February 22, of this year, about midnight a party of the latter, heavily armed, rode into Wartrace, Tenn., where Will F. Ware and another were operating, and captured Ware, an express agent, and Townsend, line repairer, whom they relieved of considerable money, watches and clothes; but Ware fortunately eluded them soon after, and called out the squad of soldiers stationed there, who rescued the others and killed the captain of the gang, whose home was near La Vergne. Tenn.”

Reference Data:

The Military Telegraph During the Civil War in the United States, Vol. 2, by William Rattle Plum, 1882, page 284