I've seen with my own eyes and I've heard with my own ears.

They've only two divisions there, though they're expectin' Polk to come up in the mornin' an' Bragg, too.
Colonel, I'm a good reckoner, as I've seen lots of war, and they ain't got more `n fifteen thousand men there on the creek, while if we get all our divisions together we can hit `em with nigh on to sixty thousand.
For God's sake, Colonel, can't we do it ?" "We ought to, and if I can do anything, we will.

Sergeant, you've done a great service at a great risk, and all of us owe you thanks.

I shall see General McCook at once." The sergeant, forgetting that he was wet to the skin, stretched himself in the dry grass near Dick and his comrades, and soon fell fast asleep, while his clothes dried upon him.

But Colonel Winchester went to General McCook's tent and insisted upon awakening him.