O, this thing of rank! Many other generals resigned, and left us privates in the lurch.

But the gallant Cheatham, Cleburne, Granberry, Gist, Strahl, Adams, John C.Brown, William B.Bate, Stewart, Lowery, and others, stuck to us to the last.
The sinews of war were strained to their utmost tension.
A SCOUT At this place I was detailed as a regular scout, which position I continued to hold during our stay at Palmetto.

It was a good thing.
It beat camp guard all hollow.

I had answered "hear" at roll-call ten thousand times in these nearly four years.

But I had sorter got used to the darn thing.
Now, reader, I will give you a few chapters on the kind of fun I had for awhile.