On July 30 , 1864 , several people rode Body_movement into northern Columbia County from Luzerne County to search Scouring for deserters , and one of the riders was shot Use_firearm .

By the summer of 1864 , rumors had begun Process_start to circulate that these deserters and draft evaders , as well as Confederate sympathizers , had built Building a fort with cannons on North Mountain , not far from the headwaters of Fishing Creek .

For the next week , they searched Scouring the northern portion of Columbia County for deserters and draft evaders .