Later in the war he was known by every soldier in the army; and the First Tennessee Regiment, by his manipulations, became the regiment to occupy "tight places." He knew his men.

When he struck the Yankee line they felt the blow.
He had, himself, set the example, and so trained his regiment that all the armies in the world could not whip it.

They might kill every man in it, is true, but they would die game to the last man.

His men all loved him.

He was no disciplinarian, but made his regiment what it was by his own example.