. A history of the Forty-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . orrect and another officer was desig-nated to proceed. Number 2 soon failed. Then in successionseveral others were tried and with no better results. The Gen-eral then asked: Is there a single officer present who can givethe correct position of a soldier? No one volunteered to General said that he was surprised that we were dailydrilling our men and had failed on one of the first importantlessons. Like Napoleon in his Moscow campaign we had beenovercome by the eleme
. A history of the Forty-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . orrect and another officer was desig-nated to proceed. Number 2 soon failed. Then in successionseveral others were tried and with no better results. The Gen-eral then asked: Is there a single officer present who can givethe correct position of a soldier? No one volunteered to General said that he was surprised that we were dailydrilling our men and had failed on one of the first importantlessons. Like Napoleon in his Moscow campaign we had beenovercome by the elements. There was no failure at the nextmeeting. It was a simple lesson but never forgotten. Notonly was the correct position of a soldier learned, but also themore important lesson that the military instructor must be above incident also gave us a better insight into the char-acter of our Brigade Commander. General Butterfield was abrave, accomplished officer and one of the ablest Brigade Com-manders in the army. In the outset he was thought by someto be unnecessarily strict, but the sequel proved he was only. CAPTAIN WILLIAM N. DANKS. Captain YV. N. Danks first military service was with the UnitedStates Zouave Cadets, Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth Commandant, in1859, and was one of that Company when it made its memorable tripthrough the Eastern States in i860; afterwards commanded and drilleda Company in Chicago called the Scammon Light Infantry. untilWar was declared when lie was enrolled and commissioned jd. C Chicago Zouave Regl., but was not mustered in. (In Sept. 20th, 1861 he was commissioned Captain Co. H 44thN. Y. V. Infantry, and served with that Company until the muster outof the Regt., Del. 11. 1K04. at Albany, X. V. 44th NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 49 [Chap. V. Camp Butterfield. Nov. 1861] laying a proper foundation for the severer duties that were tofollow. It was thought by many, that it was an unfortunatecircumstance that later in the war he was o
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