. Civil War experiences under Bayard, Gregg, Kilpatrick, Custer, Raulston, and Newberry, 1862, 1863, 1864 . them-selves in the matter of procuring me a commis-sion, -RTote a letter to the Hon. George T. Cobb,an influential member of Congress from NewJersey, a copy of which Captain L. G. Estes, hisadjutant-general, gave me.^ In February anorder from the War Department discharging meas a private from the Harris Light Cavalry toaccept a commission in the Twenty-fourth NewYork cavalry was received at General Kilpat-ricks headquarters at Stevensburg. I did notcare to leave the General and went to h
. Civil War experiences under Bayard, Gregg, Kilpatrick, Custer, Raulston, and Newberry, 1862, 1863, 1864 . them-selves in the matter of procuring me a commis-sion, -RTote a letter to the Hon. George T. Cobb,an influential member of Congress from NewJersey, a copy of which Captain L. G. Estes, hisadjutant-general, gave me.^ In February anorder from the War Department discharging meas a private from the Harris Light Cavalry toaccept a commission in the Twenty-fourth NewYork cavalry was received at General Kilpat-ricks headquarters at Stevensburg. I did notcare to leave the General and went to him foradvice; yet the idea of going home on a furloughwith promotion was quite attractive, and theGeneral told me that he thought, on the whole,promotion in a new regiment was more apt tobe rapid since there would be a good manychanges during the first campaign, and, in anyevent, he remarked, if your regiment comesanywhere near where I am I will have you de-tailed on my staff. Thanking the General andbidding him and my friends good-bye, I left hisheadquarters for my new field of duty. 1 See Appendix CHAPTER XIII I RETURNED to New York, procured myuniform, and immediately reported at Au-burn, where the Twenty-fourth cavalry was ren-dezvoused. To my surprise, I found that theywere under orders to proceed at once to Wash-ington. When I reported to Colonel Raulston,commanding, he told me that he proposed toassign me to Company D, as this company hadno captain, and he did not think the first lieu-tenant, who had recruited most of the men, waslikely to remain long in the service and wasunable to enforce the necessary I was a second lieutenant, he expectedto hold me responsible for the safe conduct ofthe men to Washington and the drilling andcare of the company. It seems that the firstlieutenant, who was a well-meaning man, wasnot suited for military life; he did not realizewhat was required and expected of him, was in-capable of securing the confidence of the me
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