. A soldier's recollections; leaves from the diary of a young Confederate, with an oration on the motives and aims of the soldiers of the South . is eyesacross the Rappahannock to the camps of GeneralHookers army and said to me, I wish I could get atthose people over there. That was the expression bywhich he uniformly designated the Federal Army. Hewas very friendly, talked of the days when he used to visitBelvidere, and inquired after my father and motherand my sisters. I spent that night, or the next, atthe headquarters of Gen. Edward Johnson, who wasto be such a familiar figure to me in bat
. A soldier's recollections; leaves from the diary of a young Confederate, with an oration on the motives and aims of the soldiers of the South . is eyesacross the Rappahannock to the camps of GeneralHookers army and said to me, I wish I could get atthose people over there. That was the expression bywhich he uniformly designated the Federal Army. Hewas very friendly, talked of the days when he used to visitBelvidere, and inquired after my father and motherand my sisters. I spent that night, or the next, atthe headquarters of Gen. Edward Johnson, who wasto be such a familiar figure to me in battle in theapproaching campaign. There I saw Carvel Hall, whogave me a full account of Duncan McKims death,describing his magnificent gallantry. On Saturday, the 20th, General Ewell arrived incamp with his wife — a new acquisition — and withone leg less than when I saw him last. From a mili-tary point of view the addition of the wife did notcompensate for the loss of the leg. We were of theopinion that Ewell was not the same soldier he hadbeen when he was a whole man — and a single one. I dined with General Colston, and later the same. GEN. ROBERT EUVVARU LEE, lS(i2 OPENING OF THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN 135 day General Steuart assumed command of the ThirdBrigade, and I the duties of assistant adjutant-general,in the absence of Captain Garrison. The brigadeconsisted of the following regiments: 10th Virginia, Colonel Warren. 23d Virginia, Lieutenant-Colonel Walton, 37th Virginia, Major Wood. 1st North Carolina, Colonel McDowell. 3d North Carolina, Major Parsley. Major Stanard was our chief commissary, Capt. N. was acting quartermaster. The strength of thebrigade was as follows: 10th Virginia. On the roll 627, present for duty 342 37th Virginia 740 347 23d Virginia 269 1st North Carolina 927 510 3d North Carolina 921 473 Total present for duty 1941 The Maryland regiment joined us later. I note that the daily ration was | lb. bacon and ij per man, and for every 1
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