Well, he did not stay with us long after we went to the front.

He went back on a detail for a court martial, and staid a good while.

When he rejoined us, he was not in good odor, at all, and the boys weren't at all careful in saying unpleasant things when he could hear them, A little while after he came back we made that reconnaissance up on the Virginia Road.

We stirred up the Johnnies with our skirmish line, and while the firing was going on in front we sat on our horses in line, waiting for the order to move forward and engage.

You know how solemn such moments are.