... Confederate arms than the heroic self-immolation of the Mississippians, in Fort Gregg, to gain time for their comrades. On the 16th day of April, 1865, after I was exchanged, under directions of President Davis , I gathered together a number of old veteran soldiers belonging to our brigade, at Greensboro, N. C., who were absent on furlough at the time of the battles before Petersburg, and were returning to t...