20/27 He desired to hold a council of war with Generals Bragg, Polk, Hardee, and Kirby Smith. He wanted a fight just then and there, and a fight he must have, at all hazards, and to the last extremity. He became obstreperous, when General Polk called a guard and had him marched off to the guard-house. It was then ordered that he should do extra fatigue duty for a week. |