The caravan reached the Savannah River before daybreak, crossed on a pontoon bridge near Vienna, SC, and entered the state of Georgia. Not far from the crossing Breckinridge relented to the demands of the soldiers, ordered the wagons drawn up, and each man of the escort paid about $26 from paymasters. (196, pp. 122/3)

(196) The Long Surrender, Burke Davis, Random House, New York, 1985