Civil war soldiers

     Our town constable told me that on several occasions, as he was on night patrol, he would hear hoof beats down the main part of town..Its a small town, mainstreet is quite visible for most of the length of it. He didn't see any horses; except on one occasion when he did see three horsemen coming toward him down mainstreet, this was about 1 in the am. He looked down to check the time, when he looked back up there was no sign of horsemen. Nor was there anyplace they could have disappeared to that quickly. Waking dream? He didn't think so.