The Article Reads: ....Jasper N. Hillhouse was the teacher during the war and J.N. (Newt) Barnett related the following story; "One day someone ran to the school and yelled, 'The Yanks are coming! the Yanks are coming!' The children became excited and some tried to hide under the seats but most of them went out the door and ran in all directions trying to find a place to hide. He remembered seeing George Thornberg sailing over a rail fence without touching it to hide in Captain Sloan's apple orchard. Soon Mr. Hillhouse had them reassembled at the school building. They could hear the clip-clop of the horse's hooves in the distance. Mr. Barnett and a few other boys decided to walk the short distance to the Smithville-Evening Shade road to see the Union troops pass through town. The Officers finlly appeared riding the finest horses he had seen in his lifetime. They carried many flags and banners, and the decorated bridles, saddles, and sadle blankets, that almost covered the horses cuaght his eye. He alsonoticed the military emblems on their uniforms and hats. After quite sometime the rear of the cavalcade came into view which was many wagons loaded with supplies...."
I also found the source for the location of the Camp mentioned in the report of the Smithville Skirmish. This is located in "The Sharp County Journal" Volume 2 Issue #1 (January, 1982): "A History of Calamine" by Frank Thompson.
Page 10.
The excerpt reads: .. The only two military encounters between regular forces in what is now Sharp County were skirmishes. One of these however occurred just a few miles northeast of Calamine. A Union post was maintained in smithville for a short period in 1862. Another Federal military encampment (regimental)was maintained for a time three miles south of Calamine, near the Milligan Campground...."