I felt "sorter" cheap when complimented for gallantry, and the high honor of fourth corporal was conferred upon me.

I felt that those brave and noble fellows who had kept on in the charge were more entitled to the honor than I was, for when the ball struck me on the ankle and heel, I did not go any further.
And had I only known that picking up flags entitled me to promotion and that every flag picked up would raise me one notch higher, I would have quit fighting and gone to picking up flags, and by that means I would have soon been President of the Confederate States of America.

But honors now begin to cluster around my brow.

This is the laurel and ivy that is entwined around the noble brows of victorious and renowned generals.

I honestly earned the exalted honor of fourth corporal by picking up a Yankee battle-flag on the 22nd day of July, at Atlanta.
28TH OF JULY AT ATLANTA Another battle was fought by Generals Stephen D.Lee and Stewart's corps, on the 28th day of July.